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Lance Corporal JAMES WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 18951
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

"D" Coy. 10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL

A. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late James and Jane Simpson, of Seaham Colliery; husband of Mary Ann Simpson of 3 Back, Church St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY CALLED, HE ANSWERED MAY GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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