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Rifleman G SIMPSON

Service Number: 52469
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

II. A. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ann Simpson, of Coleshill, Warwickshire; husband of Beatrice Simpson, of 5, Hill Village Rd., Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN BUBBS
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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