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Rifleman WILFRED JAMES SIMKIN

Service Number: S/17511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CANADIAN CEMETERY NO.2, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

14. A. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Simkin; husband of Clara Ellen Simkin, 14, Pooles Park, Finsbury Park, Middlesex.
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Buried or commemorated at

CANADIAN CEMETERY NO.2, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2966
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