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Private WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 306688
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

2nd/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY

III. A. 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Mary Simpson, of 149, Eastgate, Worksop, Notts.
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Buried or commemorated at

VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 760
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