In Memory Of
PURVES, REUBEN STANLEY
Service Details
Age:
43
Date of Birth:
1896-04-26
Service No:
P/L 6143
Rank:
Petty Officer Steward
Unit:
H.M.S. Daring
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1940-02-18
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 43, Column 2.
Cemetery:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Reuben and Ellen Purves; husband of Edith Violet Purves, of Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa.
