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Military service
Service number:
L/2581
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
August 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. H. 13.
Additional information
Son of Charles Bath Purvis and Sarah Purvis, of Spirit River, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private James Purvis
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
I personally took this picture in 2005
Digital gallery of
Private James Purvis
Digital gallery of
Private James Purvis
Digital gallery of
Private James Purvis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 422 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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