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Private WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 40490
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY

I. B. 19.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Annie Simpson, of 25, Cliffe Terrace, Springbank, Ingrow, Keighley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE LEFT SO SWEET A MEMORY THAT STILL HE SEEMS TO LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 857
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