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Private WILLIAM ROBERT SIMPSON

Service Number: 19139
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

H. 61.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lilian Simpson, of Cronk Dhoo Castle, Greeba, St. Johns, Isle of Man, and the late Thomas Edmund Simpson. Born at Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription CHRIST WILL CLASP THE BROKEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2865
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