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Private W SIMPSON

Service Number: 16311
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

Sp. Mem. A. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Louisa Simpson, of 3, Yepheys St., Rochdale.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET BE YOUR REST MY SON SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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