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Private WILLIAM ALISON SIMPSON

Service Number: 268583
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

VI. B. 27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Emma and Joseph Simpson, of 48, Stile Triangle, nr. Halifax, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY THY GRAVE TO SEE YET NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE.
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Buried or commemorated at

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