Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Robert Purchase
In memory of:
Lieutenant John Robert Purchase
July 17, 1944
Military Service
CDN/284
20
Army
Royal Welch Fusiliers
4th
Additional Information
March 27, 1924
Swan River, Manitoba
July 15, 1943
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of Algernon Robert and Mabel Francis Purchase, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
John Purchase was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a CANLOAN Officer.
Commemorated on Page 422 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
I. C. 3.
Hottot-les-Bagues is a village 14 kilometres south-east of Bayeux. This cemetery can be reached from Bayeux by taking the D6 southeastwards. After about 13 kilometres and after passing through Tilly-sur-Seulles, turn right (westwards) at Juvigny onto the main road (the D9) that runs from Caen towards Caumont l'Evente. The cemetery will be found after a few hundred metres on the right hand side on rising ground.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Photo of JOHN ROBERT PURCHASE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of John Purchase – Lt. John R. Purchase in 1944. -
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Photo of John Purchase('42) – Lt. John R. Purchase in 1942.
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