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Military service
Service number:
45503
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lancashire Fusiliers
Division:
18th Battalion
Death:
April 16, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 46.
Additional information
Youngest son of Henry Simpson, of Oxton, Birkenhead. Formerly served with 2nd King Edward's Horse. Came from Canada to join up.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 593 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Martinsart is a small village 4 kilometres north of Albert. The cemetery is on the south side of the village on the road (D129) to Aveluy. The cemetery is signposted in the centre of Martinsart.
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