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Lance Corporal WATKIN SIMPSON

Service Number: 4033728
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

13. H. 9.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Foster-son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ball, of Oakengates, Shropshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE MISS HIS SMILE AND KINDLY WAYS, WITH HIM WE SPENT HAPPY DAYS. MUM, DAD AND JOYCE
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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