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Fusilier WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON

Service Number: 6473353
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 June 1941

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

Q. 98.

Syria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Simpson and Alice Catherine Simpson, of Enfield, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Syria
Number of casualties: 1111
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