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Lieutenant JAMES HAWTHORNE SIMPSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st/1st (West Riding) Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Louise and the late David Simpson, of Leeds, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 528
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