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Captain ARTHUR WILSON SIMPKIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUYAULCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

N. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 8th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of J. W. and Emily Simpkin, of Norton Royd, Woodkirk, Dewsbury, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER CAPTAIN H.H. SIMPKIN AGE 21 13TH YORK'S REGT. 22.3.1918 HAVE FAITH IN GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

RUYAULCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 348
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