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Lieutenant Colonel JAMES ROBERT SIMSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

Date of Death

Died 09 November 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (DEAN OR WESTERN) CEMETERY

H.H. 184.

United Kingdom

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. King's Own Scottish Borderers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Amy and the late Robert Simson; husband of Minnie Simson, of Bromley, St.Anns, Jamaica, British West Indies.
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (DEAN OR WESTERN) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 40
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