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Sapper WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 175474
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

258th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot E. Row 4. Grave 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Simpson, of South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription MUCH TO BE LAMENTED AS A DUTIFUL HUSBAND AND AFFECTIONATE FATHER
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