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Private ALEXANDER SMITH SIMPSON

Service Number: 2881755
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VEULES-LES-ROSES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row 1, Grave 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John G. R. and Mary Simpson, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

VEULES-LES-ROSES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 38
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