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Sgt. Joseph Austin Simpson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Tudhoe, Co. Durham
My Grandfather Joseph Simpson joined the DLI in 1914. He was injured at the Bombardment at Heugh Battery in Hartlepool on 16th Dec. 1914 when a piece of shrapnel went through his cheek. He was rescuing a mate from the beach when he was hit and his gun was blown up. He later made this into a door stop. He was mentioned in dispatches.
He survived the war and went on to become mine manager of Wheatley Hill Pit. In WW2 he was Colonel in charge of the Home guard around Wheatley Hill. He died on 26th December 1954

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