E.+PURDY

18222 Private Ernest Purdy of the 12 th  Battalion the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (the Sherwood Foresters) . Posted missing Saturday 12 August 1916, aged 20. Listed on the memorial for the missing, Thiepval, France. When he enlisted at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Ernest Purdy gave Stonebroom as his place of residence. (Younger brother of F Purdy below) .