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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Perth
• Land Scotland
• Family Son of Francis G. and Mary A. Simpson, of Perth; three older sisters, Katherine, Elizabeth and Mary;
• Education Perth Academy

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 21 June 1916, Lochend Camp
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 20th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
• Other data related to military career Promoted to Lance Corporal on 15th September 1916 and Acting Corporal on 7th October 1916. James joined the Officer Cadet Battalion, at Grantham on 1st May 1917, and was appointed to a temporary commission as a Second Lieutenant with the Machine Gun Corps

Death

• Wounded 13 October 1917
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - G - 15

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