Auction Catalogue

17 September 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 904

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17 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£130

Three: Second Lieutenant W. K. Simson, 22nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

1914-15 Star (PS-3202 L.Cpl., R.Fus.) note Public Schools Bn. prefix; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-120

William Kingsbury Simson was born in 1893, son of Joseph Page Simson, South Shields. He was killed in action on 5 June 1917, at Greenland Hill, Gavrelle, and is buried in Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.