Identity
Person No.
23179
Service No.
1240
Last Name
First Name
James John
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 4th SAI lost 6 officers and 200 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Joseph S. Simpson, of "Okelig," Heugh Rd., Walmer, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Born in Scotland.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private James John SIMPSON, 4th SAI, A Coy - Wounded on the 16th July, Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private James John SIMPSON, 4th SAI, A Coy - Wounded on the 16th July, Killed in action near Arras on the 12th April 1917 (Brown's Copse Cemetery)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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