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Captain WILLIAM FRANCIS SIMPSON

Service Number: 164180
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

83 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROUAY WAR CEMETERY

I. C. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simpson; husband of Doris Helen Simpson, of Churchtown, Southport, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND, NOW IN GOD'S KEEPING TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

BROUAY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 377
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