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Sergeant WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 1067773
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

246 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 January 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONSETT BLACKHILL AND BLACKHILL OLD CEMETERY

Sec. G. Old Ground. Grave 33.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jack and Margarett Ann Simpson, of Consett.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON WILLIAM. HE DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

CONSETT BLACKHILL AND BLACKHILL OLD CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 61
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