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Military service
Service number:
151919
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
May 23, 1894
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Simpson, of Rapid City, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Victor John Simpson
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Victor John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Victor John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Victor John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Victor John Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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