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John Robert J R Purvis, Rifleman served with Rifle Brigade, 1st Bn..
Service number: '2935722'. Date of death: 1944-08-02. Age: 29. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XVI. F. 18..
SON OF JOHN AND SARAH SMITH PURVIS, OF NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.
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