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Private WILLIAM VEITCH SIMPSON

Service Number: 242127
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

4th Bn. posted to 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY

II. A. 34.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Anthony and Mary Jane Simpson, of Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Northumberland; husband of Henrietta Simpson, of 25, Beech Grove Terrace, Prudhoe-on-Tyne, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY ALWAYS DEAR WIFE, SON & DAUGHTER R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

BRAY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 875
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