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Private DAVID SIMPSON

Service Number: 75770
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

I. H. 46.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Jane Simpson, of 5, William St., Westgate Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the late David Simpson. Native of Bell's Close, Scotswood-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN GOD'S KEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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