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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM KINGSBURY SIMSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

IV. H. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Page Simson and Margaret Bland Simson, of 2, St. Michaels Avenue, South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription 'TWAS SOON TO BREAK THE GOLDEN CHAIN 'TWAS SOON TO GIVE HIM UP
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Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2688
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