Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Purdy
In memory of:
Sergeant George Purdy
March 28, 1918
Military Service
313957
Army
Canadian Field Artillery
10th Bde.
Additional Information
July 31, 1890
Son of James Purdy, of Pasqua, Saskatchewan.
Commemorated on Page 488 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
II. H. 5.
Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Daily Colonist of May 12, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y132uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of April 11, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y107uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of April 14, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y110uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
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