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Identity
Person No.
15948
Service No.
6845
Last Name
First Name
William Simpson
Initials
W S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
39
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Secondary Unit
"D" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 784
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action, at Delville Wood
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2
Notes

Son of Charles and Barbara McDonald, of Newton Dee Cottage, Murtle, Aberdeen, Scotland; husband of Jeanne Simpson McDonald, of 44A, Sixth Avenue, Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg, Transvaal. Served in the South African Campaign. Born in 1878. Served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 1st Gordon Highlanders for a period of 1 year and 46 days in 1901 and 1902 and was discharged in South Africa. He attested with the 3rd S.A.I. in October 1915 and was appointed Sergeant while in the field on 19th June 1916. McDonald died on his way to the dressing station.

Research notes

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "3rd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 2". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.

Citations

LG Sup 9 December 1916 - "In Delville Wood on 15 July 1916 he ably supported L/Cpl Shapcott, and was seriously wounded in the chest (raid by Capt.Tomlinson)"

LG Sup 9 December 1916 p.12039
LG Sup 9 December 1916 p.12039
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