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Lance Corporal W SIMCOX

Service Number: 21696
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORLANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.1

B. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Mary Ann Simcox, of 19, Victoria St., Swan Village, West Bromwich.
  • Personal Inscription A DEVOTED SON A FAITHFUL FRIEND ONE OF THE BEST THAT GOD COULD LEND
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Buried or commemorated at

MORLANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 75
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