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Private JOHN NELSON SIMPSON

Service Number: 06106
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Ordnance Corps

15th Div. H.Q. (Basra)

Date of Death

Died 28 July 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

X. D. 11.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Ann Simpson, of 72, Radcliffe Rd., Fleetwood, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE IS HARD TO SAY WHEN ONE SO DEAR IS CALLED AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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