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Lieutenant DESMOND CARLYLE SIMPSON

Service Number: 132355
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

Date of Death

Died 13 February 1941

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY

3. E. 4.

Kenya

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Jessie Ruth Simpson, of South Norwood, Surrey.
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Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Kenya
Number of casualties: 2032
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