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Corporal WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 267
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row F. Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emma Simpson.
  • Personal Inscription OH MEMORIES THAT BLESS AND BURN OH BARREN GAIN AND BITTER LOSS
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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