Cemetery: Les Baraques Military Cemetery Sangatte
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Official Number: 288053
Unit: 1st/6th Bn. Gordon Highlanders transf. to (569410) 54th Prisoners of War Coy. Labour Corps.
Country of Service: British
Details: Died of influenza 9th November 1918. Age 49. Son of John Elliot Purves and Isabella Forsyth Purves (nee Short) of Manseburn House Largs Ayrshire. Native of Glasgow. VI. F. 12A.
Photograph by Terry Doyle / David Milborrow