Private John Henry SIMPSON. 16229
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Private John Henry SIMPSON. 16229
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Private John Henry SIMPSON. 16229

Photo and biographical information below.

John Henry Simpson John Henry Simpson
(Note the Wound Stripe on his left forearm)
Photo : Ancestry.co,uk

Private John Henry SIMPSON. 16229.

7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 April 1917.
Born West Boldon, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Usworth.
Buried WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Simpson is commemorated by one of the special memorials in this cemetery to casualties known or believed to be buried in the cemetery.

Born Abt. 1896 • Boldon, Durham, England.
In the 1911 Census he is shown as a Pony Driver, undergound, and living in Douglas Terrace, Usworth.

The circumstances of his wounding during service with the 7th Battalion are currently not known.

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