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Simpson, Cyril Woodhouse

Rank : Lieutenant

Unit : 7th Bn

Biography :

Educated at Stoneygate School and Charterhouse School (photo), Cyril Russell was an assistant teacher at the former when war broke out. He was commissioned 2Lt in The Leicestershire Regiment on 27.11.1914, and served with 7th Bn during World War One. He was Killed in Action in the battle of Bazentin Ridge on 14.7.1916, aged 24. He is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

This page was last edited on 6.4.2019.

Date of Birth : Jan 1892

Place of Birth : Leicester

Date of Death : 14.7.1916

Place of Death : Bazentin-le-Petit, Somme, France

Civil Occupation : school teacher

Period of Service : 1914-16

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : Somme, France

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