Simpson Leslie Pte 4455407

Personnel Entry

Pte L Simpson's CWGC headstone.

Name Simpson Leslie
Army number 4455407
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham 1920/21.
Age 19
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date but likely to have been April/May 1939. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1st September 1939. Served BEF. Posted Missing 11 - 31/5/40 (a report to this effect appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940), later presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Joseph and Margaret Simpson, Witton-le-Wear. Buried Plot 8. Row D. Grave 6. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux.
Source table 10DLI