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Private JOHN WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 17944
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. A. 60.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John and Elizabeth Simpson, of Redcar, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 549
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