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Able Seaman JOHN JAMES SIMPSON

Service Number: R/5894
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Nelson Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL

III. C. 3.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Simpson; husband of Elizabeth Anne Simpson, of 4E, Schooner St., Barrow-in-Furness.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE LIZZIE AND ALL AT HOME RESTING
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Buried or commemorated at

NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL
Hessen Germany
Number of casualties: 1804
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