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Military service
Service number:
919498
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
June 10, 1895
Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
June 2, 1916
Montreal, Québec
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Margaret Simpkins of Montreal, Quebec.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Simpkins
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Inscription
William Simpkins-Menin Gate Memorial -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Simpkins
Digital gallery of
Private William Simpkins
Digital gallery of
Private William Simpkins
Digital gallery of
Private William Simpkins
Digital gallery of
Private William Simpkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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