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Private WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 3328771
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

10. A. 11.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Simpson, of Glasgow. His brother, John Manson Simpson, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription TO THOSE WHO KNEW HIM AND LOVED HIM HIS MEMORY WILL NEVER GROW OLD

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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1317
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