Identity
Person No.
24406
Service No.
2842
Last Name
First Name
Edward Vincent Purbrick
Initials
E V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15
Notes
Son of Mrs. Annie Jane Rignier, of 34, Canterbury Grove, Durban, Natal.
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 15". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #140 Private STUART, Edward Vincent Purbrick, age 21, Force No 2842, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Camberwell, Southwark, London, England 1894; baptised Camberwell 16/10/1894; a yardman in the timber trade before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914 – 1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; killed in action, at Bernafay Wood, Somme. (Body never found) Buried/commemorated: Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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