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 to the 11th Battalion DLI.  With the Battalion on disbandment 26/8/1944.  Subsequently served in 6th Battalion DLI and 1/4th Battalion KOYLI.
|Task or role=Platoon Commander.
|Joined Brigade=3/7/1944.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.  Not a casualty as far as is 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.  Investigations will continue to trace information on him.