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Private JOHN SIMPSON

Service Number: 201653
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

V. D. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Hannah Simpson, of Norwood, nr. Otley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription WE OFTEN THINK OF DAYS GONE BY WHEN WE WERE ALL TOGETHER
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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