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Sgt. James Simpson
British Army 28th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Alloa, Clackmannanshire
(d.17th October 1916)
James Simpson, born in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, was the fifth of David and Bessie Simpson's seven children -- and their first son.
The young sergeant was killed on 17th of October 1916 with several of his comrades as they were about to advance during the Battle Of Delville Wood. He was 23. His death in battle is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and in the Hall of Honour, Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle.
More than 170,000 men served in the Machine Guns Corps between 1915 and 1922 when the corps was disbanded. Almost 12,500 of these soldiers were killed in battle. Sadly, the entire official record of the corps was destroyed by a fire at its headquarters near Folkestone in 1920.