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Purdy, Arthur Kershaw
Rank : 2nd Lieutenant
Army Number : 23316 and 25080
Unit : 1st Bn
Biography :
Arthur Purdy enlisted into 26th Bn The Royal Fusiliers as Private 23316 and later as Private 25080 in 9th Bn The East Surrey Regiment. Commissioned into The Leicestershire Regiment on 1.8.1917, and served in 1st Bn in France. Killed during the attack on the Hindenburg Line on 20.11.1917, aged 23. He is buried at Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France.
Date of Birth : c1894
Date of Death : 20.11.1917
Place of Death : Hindenburg Line, France
Period of Service : 1914-17
Conflicts : WW1
Places Served : France
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