In Memory Of

SIMPSON, JAMES BIRCHALL

Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
13914
Rank:
Private
Unit:
11th Bn.
Regiment:
Border Regiment
Date of Death:
1916-07-01
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XXVI. E. 3.
Cemetery:
SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
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.