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Able Seaman MATTHEW SIMPSON

Service Number: Clyde Z/3232
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Hawke Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

VII. A. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Simpson, of 51, Kirkland St., Glasgow, and the late Matthew Simpson.
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Buried or commemorated at

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