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Memorial: M3526

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Robert Simpson d. 1911

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'ROBERT SIMPSON / Private RMLI H.M.S. 'Shannon' / died / 9th May 1911 aged 38'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 322
Vessel: HMS Shannon

People

Simpson, Robert
Age: 38
Date of Death: 9/5/1911
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Notes: Date discrepency, may have died on the 7th May.
Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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