Service Details
Name:
PURVES
Given Name:
REUBEN STANLEY
Initials:
R S
Service No:
P/L 6143
Rank:
Petty Officer Steward
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Regiment:
Royal Navy
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Unit:
H.M.S. Daring
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Date of Death:
1940-02-18
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Date of Birth:
1896-04-26
Age:
43
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, torpedoed while escorting Convoy HN12 from Norway. Daring capsized and sank very quickly after having her stern blown off; 157 of the ship's company were lost
Additional
Information:
Son of Reuben and Ellen Purves; husband of Edith Violet Purves, of Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
United Kingdom
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Locality:
Hampshire
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Cemetery:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Panel 43, Column 2.

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