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Gunner WILLIAM CHARLES SIMPKINS

Service Number: 253641
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 291st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

XIV. B. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Simpkins, of 111, Rosebery Avenue, Manor Park, Essex, and the late Samuel Charles Simpkins; husband of the late Mary Grace Simpkins. Born at Kennington, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON NOW THE LABOURER'S TASK IS O'ER
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