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Rifleman ALEXANDER MCDONALD SIMPSON

Service Number: 20654
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Lily Simpson, of 119, Rosebery Rd., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW BUT THOU SPALT KNOW HEREAFTER
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Buried or commemorated at

DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1029
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