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Military service
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Death:
September 17, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
38. J. 5.
Digital gallery of Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
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Photo of DOUGLAS STANLEY SIMPSON
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Memorial Street
Barrie street named in honour of Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson with a poppy. -
Cenotaph
Barrie Cenotaph -
Memorial
Annually, in about October and November, banners commemorating local war dead are displayed in Barrie, Ontario. Pictured here is a banner in memory of Captain Douglas Simpson. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.) -
Memorial
This plaque as well as chimes were installed, after World War II, in Collier Street United Church, Barrie, Ontario, to commemorate members of the congregation who died in the war, including Captain Douglas S. Simpson. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2019.) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
Digital gallery of
Captain Douglas Stanley Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 114 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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