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Squadron Leader ERNEST ROBERT SIMPSON

Service Number: 106561
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

83 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1943

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

2. D. 2.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Florence Mary Simpson; husband of Christina Lawther Simpson, of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription "I BARE YOU ON EAGLES' WINGS AND BROUGHT YOU UNTO MYSELF"
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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