Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
William Simpson
William's Gravemarker (image courtesy of International Wargraves Project)
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Errol
- Service no: S/16561
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 9th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 31
- Date of Death: 06/04/1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt
- Grave/Mem Ref no: II.H.5.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Alyth
- Address: 15 High Street, Lochee, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Isabella Simpson, 15 High St, Lochee
- Children:
Mary, born 19.05.1912
More about William Simpson
William Simpson S/16561 Black Watch
SIMPSON—Killed in action, on the 6th April, Private William Simpson, Black Watch, dearly beloved and sadly missed husband of Isabella Smart, aged 31 years. – Inserted by his sorrowing wife and child, 15 High Street, Lochee.
Dundee Peoples Journal 28th April 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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