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Lieutenant John Clark Simpson

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Military service

Age: 26
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Flying Corps
Division: 10th Wing, 32nd Sqdn.
Enlistment: Ontario
Death: July 1, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: IV. F. 24.
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Son of James Howard Simpson and Leila Ada Simpson, of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 573 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Vermelles is a village midway between Bethune and Lens and north of the main road connecting these two towns. The British Cemetery is on the south western outskirts of the village and on the north west side of the road to Mazingarbe. Take the N43, Lens to Bethune road, to its junction with the D.75 in Mazingarbe. Turn right at this junction and travel for approximately 900 metres. The VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left side of this road.

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