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George Purvis

Rank Stoker 1st Class
Service Number SS 113814
Born Monkwearmouth, Sunderland

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Portsmouth
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HMS Tipperary

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924

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Next of kin address County Durham England Sunderland 24, Osborne Street Fulwell Road England Mother Isabella Purvis Father George Purvis