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Private JOHN SIMPSON

Service Number: 1493371
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

III. E. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Needs Simpson and Harriet Simpson, of Liverpool; husband of Lilian Simpson.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE. SLEEP ON, BELOVED ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. LILIAN, MAM AND DAD

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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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