View source for Purdey Richard Lt CDN 278

{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Purdey Richard
|Army number=278
|Rank=Lieutenant
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=0
|Unit=Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. CANLOAN Officer.  Posted to 33 Reinforcement Holding Unit.  Attached to The Durham Light Infantry 3/7/1944, posted 11th Bn DLI.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944
|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
|Joined Brigade=3/7/1944.
|Died/Killed in action=Date not yet known.
|Source table=11DLI
}}


The CANLOAN Officers' Website - sadly, no longer being maintained - indicates that Lt Purdey (DLI records show Purdy) was attached to two further British units after the disbandment of 11th DLI.  No details are yet available on which these were.  Investigations will continue to trace information on him.