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Private WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 3/2538
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

X. A. 15A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Simpson, of 6, Edwin St., Holbeck, Leeds. Native of Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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