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Military service
Service number:
B/52119
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin & Halton Regt), R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 5, 1921
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 8, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 16, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. C. 6.
Additional information
Son of George Simpson from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Doris Kate Simpson from Sussex England.
Digital gallery of Private Grant Simpson
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Grave Marker
Grave marker - Bayeux War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Grant Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Grant Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Grant Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Grant Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 443 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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