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Serjeant RAYMOND ALIC RISLEY SIMPKIN

Service Number: 9162
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Burgess Simpkin and Annie Rebecca Simpkin, of 2, Medina Rd., Cowes, Isle of Wight. Native of Clacton-on-Sea.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 345
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