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Military service
Service number:
K/37465
Age:
22
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
28th Armd. Regt.
Death:
August 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. E. 5.
Additional information
Son of Harvey Allen Simpson and Alice Simpson, of Quesnel, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Trooper Percival Wilfred Simpson
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Photo of Percival Simpson
Percy in front of training barracks -
Photo 2 of Percival Simpson
Percy on a visit home. -
Letter
Last Mother's Day letter sent home. -
Grave Marker
Gravesite of Percival Wilfred Simpson at Bretteville-sur-laize Canadian War Cemetary, France as visited in September, 2001 -
Monument
Monument in France dedicated to the Soldiers of the 28th Armoured Regiment (BCR) and the Algonquin Regiment, who on August 9th, 1944 gave their Lives for Freedom. Percy gave his life here on his 22nd Birthday. -
Letter
Percy's last letter sent home. It was written on August 6th, 1944, just three days before he was killed in action. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping reporting Percy missing -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping reporting Percy Killed in Action -
Letter
Buckingham Palace letter of Condolence -
Telegram
Killed in Action Telegram -
Telegram
Missing in Action Telegram
Digital gallery of
Trooper Percival Wilfred Simpson
Digital gallery of
Trooper Percival Wilfred Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 443 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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