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Second Lieutenant DOUGLAS RICHARD SIMPSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. D. 5.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 108th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Richard and Ellen Simpson, of Manor House, High St., Penge, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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