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Second Lieutenant DOUGLAS ALEXANDER SIMPSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1915

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY

C. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Nicol Simpson and Elizabeth Harber Simpson, of Whinhurst, Fordoun, Kincardineshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALL HE HAD HE GAVE FOR HOME AND KINDRED HIMSELF HE SCORNED TO SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 206
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