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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Purvis Henry
|Army number=4459485
|Rank=Private.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Autumn 1939.  Posted ? 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted 10th Battalion DLI - possibly 1/9/1939.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Reported missing.  Known to have been taken Prisoner of War - probably 20/5/1940 - official notification received 12/7/1940.  Repatriated to the UK 19/4/1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 1/6/1946.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At the time of his death).  Not yet known.
|Company/Battery=Company not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not yet known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family details as yet.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag 21D  and 8c, PoW Number 780.
|Source table=10DLI
}}