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Pte. William James Purvis
British Army 1st Btn. Black Watch
from:Hobkirk, Roxburghshire
(d.13th Oct 1915)
My Great Grandfather William James Purves went to the western Front in May 1915 and lost his life in the Battle of Loos in October of the same year. He served with the Black Watch 1st Battalion and is commemorated on the Loos memorial in Pas de Calais, France.