This site has been funded by a grant from Awards for All and from local individuals and institutions.


View All Casualty Listings »

Casulaty Details

 
  BACK
Click here for more details
Name: Thomas PURVIS
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: T Service No.: 5429
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Prudhoe, Northumberland. Age at Death: 29
Unit: 2nd Bn Border Regiment.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Wallsend on Tyne, Northumberland.
Place of Residence: Willington on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Home Address:
Previous Address: Formerly of Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Civilian Employment:
How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Friday 26th October 1917
Place of Death: Belgium
Battle/Campaign:
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: Perth (China Wall) Cemetery, Belgium.
Buried:
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Blaydon Courier, page 4. 31st August 1918.
Family Details:
Son of Thomas and Annie Purvis of Rose Hill, Willington Quay, Northumberland.
Notes : Reported missing on October 26th, 1917, and presumed killed a year later.
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
  BACK
 
This website is designed by: Effective Internet Ltd.