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Rifleman HUGH SIMPSON

Service Number: 18766
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

VII. B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Archie and Agnes Simpson, of 23, Glasgow Rd., Port Glasgow. Born at Ballycastle, Co. Antrim.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2543
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