In Memory Of
SIMPSON, JAMES JOHN
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
1240
Rank:
Private
Unit:
4th Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 4th SAI lost 6 officers and 200 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. A. 32.
Cemetery:
BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Joseph S. Simpson, of "Okelig," Heugh Rd., Walmer, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Born in Scotland.
