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George Bruce Simpson

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant George Bruce Simpson

August 15, 1942
Hastings, Sierra Leone

Military Service


Service Number:

R/95418

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

September 27, 1922
Carievale, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

March 8, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of James and Kathleen Mary Simpson, of Gainsborough, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 114 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY
Sierra Leone

Grave Reference:

6. B. 3.

Location:

FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY is enclosed by the old King Tom Dockyard, now the Police Mechanical Repair Workshop, on the north-eastern shore of King Tom Peninsula. It is about 10 minutes by taxi from the main centre of Freetown to the cemetery area.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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