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Ordinary Seaman WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: D/JX421167
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Drake

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW DEER CEMETERY

Sec. B. Grave 1191.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Nancy Forbes Simpson, of Maud.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW DEER CEMETERY
Aberdeenshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 8
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