Henry Purver

Personal information
Full name	Henry George Purver
Date of birth	(1891-05-03)3 May 1891[1]
Place of birth	Isleworth, England[1]
Date of death	31 July 1916(1916-07-31) (aged 25)
Place of death	Delville Wood, France
Position(s)	Centre forward[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Oxford City
–1915	Brentford	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry George Purver (3 May 1891 – 31 July 1916) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Southern Football League for Brentford.^[2]

As of 1911, Purver worked as a newspaper reader, and by the time of the First World War, he worked as a reporter for The Times.^[1] In July 1915, eleven months after the British entry into World War I, he enlisted in Hounslow as a private in the 24th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers.^[1][3] Shortly after enlisting, Purver was gassed and underwent a lengthy period of convalescence, during which he married Margaret Clifford in October 1915.^[1] He returned to the frontline in April 1916 and was reported missing in action, presumed killed at Delville Wood on 31 July 1916.^[1][2] His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.^[4]

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