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Guardsman WILLIAM BLADON SIMCOCK

Service Number: 2720108
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY

X. 25. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Simcock; husband of Edna Simcock, of Stretford, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING. WE WOULD NOT WAKE HIM TO SUFFER AGAIN. WIFE EDNA & SON JOHN
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Brussels - Capital Region Belgium
Number of casualties: 685
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