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Able Seaman JOSEPH ERNEST SIMPSON

Service Number: TZ/3323
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Drake Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. J. 1A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and the late Euphemia Simpson, of Carlisle.
  • Personal Inscription FOR FREEDOM'S SACRED CAUSE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE HE MADE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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