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Wandsworth, London [2]

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Deptford, Kent [1]

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West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

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Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

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People [53] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wandsworth, London [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Deptford, London [1] Isleworth [1] London England [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Winchester, Hants [1] Winchester,Hampshire. [1]

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Hampshire Regiment [7] Labour Corps [7] Army Service Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Hampshire Yeomanry [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Hussars [1] Lancers [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

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British Army [42] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

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Military Service [53]

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United Kingdom [2]

Henry George Purver

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 24th Battalion

British Army SP/3728 Private Royal Fusiliers 24th Battalion, City Of London Regiment

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Alfred Purver

Died 1915

British Army 6363 Guardsman Scots Guards

British Army 6363 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion

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Edward Henry Purver

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235946

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Ernest Purver

Died 1915

British Army 10364 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Oliver Purver

Died 1915

British Army L/11965 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/11965 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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Harry Purver

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 6729 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 6729 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Walter Purver

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 6364 Private Scots Guards 1st Battalion

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Alfred John Purver

Australian Imperial Force 17394

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William Purver

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409921

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William Harrington Purver

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force 87351

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Walter Edward Purver

Born 1886

Royal Navy K39173

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Wilfred Redvers Purver

Born 1900

Royal Navy L10129

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Edward Henry Purver

Born 1898

Royal Navy F35946

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Thomas Valentine Purver

Born 1879

Royal Navy K40287

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Arthur Reginald Purver

Born 1903

Royal Navy L13084

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Albert Henry Purver

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS119953

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Charles William Purver

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3030915

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William R Purver

British Army SE/3497 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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John Purver

British Army L/2475 Private Lancers

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S Purver

British Army 207000 Private Middlesex Regiment

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