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Gunner WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON

Service Number: 137041
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

39th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY

III. A. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of M. Cooke (formerly Simpson), of 130, Elias St., Netherfield Rd., Everton, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 742
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