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Joseph Simpkin

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname Simpkin
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 22
Address 350 Warrington Road, Abram
Parents' Address as above
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Drawer underground at Maypole Colliery
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion
Day of Death 7
Month of Death August
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed in action at the Dardanelles
Place of Burial Helles Memorial
Regiment Number 3027
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Robert and Sarah E

CWGC, Ancestry, WO 14/9/15