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First Name: | Jesse | Last Name: | SIMPSON |
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| Date of Death: | 14/03/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Putney | |
| Rank: | Private | Unit: | East Lancashire2 | |
| Memorial Site: | Putney, St Mary | |||
Current Information:Born-Putney Estaires Communal Cemetery, France
On 13th March, 1915, after their involvement in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the 2nd East Lancashire battalion of 24 Brigade, 8th Division, were relieved and moved back to billets in Rouge Croix. On the following day, 14th March, a HE shell landed exactly on the building housing D Company, killing 24 Men and wounding another 37. One of these casualties was Jesse Simpson who died from wounds. |
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