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RAMC profile of:
Ernest SIMPSON
[Service No:  77]
 
 

Place or Date
of Birth: 		St Marks, Lancs
Service Number: 77
TF Number:
Rank: Pte
Unit: 1st East Lancashire Divisional Field Ambulance
Attached To: 2/1st East Lancs Field Ambulance
Enlistment Location: Manchester
Also Served:
Outcome: Drowned
Date Died: 13/08/1915
Age Died: 21
Where Buried and/or Commemorated: Turkey - Helles Memorial
Awards:
Gazette Reference:
 

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Ernest entered the war in Egypt on 11th August 1915. He was onboard H.M. Transport Ship 'Royal Edward' when it was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-14. He was the son of Henry H and Annie Simpson of 9 Hazel Grove, Longsight, Manchester.
 
 
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