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Ordinary Seaman LESLIE SIMPKIN

Service Number: D/JX 397349
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Drake

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STAFFORD CEMETERY

Plot G. New portion. Grave 22.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bert and Frances Alice Simpkin, of Stafford.
  • Personal Inscription SILENT THOUGHTS TRUE AND TENDER JUST TO SHOW WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

STAFFORD CEMETERY
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 125
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