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Second Lieutenant WALTER FRANCIS SIMKINS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Walter and Jessie Thompson Simkins, of 358, Longmarket St., Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Also served in German South West Africa.
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