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Private SYDNEY SIMPSON

Service Number: 1763063
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

7th (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 24 September 1944 and 25 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

30. B. 9.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Simpson, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Alice Adelaide Simpson, of Walthamstow.
  • Personal Inscription DAY BY DAY WE MISS HIM BUT IN HEAVEN WE HOPE TO GREET HIM, EVERMORE WITH HIM TO DWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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