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Private WILLIAM WILSON SIMPSON

Service Number: 46990
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT

II. Q. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Margaret Simpson, of 86, Upper Warwick St., Princes Park, Liverpool, and the late Capt. W. W. Simpson.
  • Personal Inscription SOME DAY GOD'S VOICE WILL SPEAK AND TELL US WHY
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 711
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