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Pte. William Simpson
British Army 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:6 Dover Tce West Stanley Co Durham
William joined up in Sept 1914 and left for France on 25th August 1915. He was accidently shot in the leg by a colleague on 24th March 1916 and returned home to recover. He returned to France in May 1917 but was shot in the shoulder (presumably this time by the enemy!) and returned to England in June 1917, being discharged as unfit for service in Dec 1919. He suffered from being gassed and his war wounds and died in Dec 1920 aged 36 years. I have been told he was buried with a military headstone in St George's South Moor.

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