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Private J W SIMPSON

Service Number: 24351
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 February 1916

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

D. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. Simpson, of 22, Carson Rd., Crookes, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY EVER DEAR FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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