Service Details
Name:
 SIMPSON
Given Name:
 JAMES BIRCHALL
Initials:
 J B
Service No:
 13914
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Border Regiment
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Unit:
 11th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-01
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, believed killed by a shell that fell among some of the wounded men at an aid post. His family were unsure for some time as to his fate
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Margaret Ann Elliott (formerly Simpson), of 34, Dora Crescent, Workington, and of N. Elliott (Stepfather). Resided in Stenkstroom, South Africa. ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
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Grave Reference:
 XXVI. E. 3.
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Peter & Inara Bennett
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