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Civilian

Anthony Purvis

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Date of birth 12 Feb 1926
Date of death 09 Oct 1940 (14 years old)
Place of birth Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Employment, education or hobbies

Of 9 Lindum Street, Newark.
Paper delivery boy, W H Smith and Sons, The Bookstall, Newark.

Family history

Son of Desmond and Elizabeth Sarah Purvis who died soon after Anthony's birth. Living with John Thomas Johnson. 1939 Register lists Anthony P Johnson

Extra information

Returning from his round, 2 miles out of Newark on the Lincoln Road his cycle collided with an Army lorry. Killed instantly after the wheel passed over his head.

Photographs

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