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Cecil Barclay Simpson. A Memorial by Two Friends. With A Foreword by The Rev. Prof. H.A.A. Kennedy, D.D. 1st Ed., 37pp., 204x134mm, portrait frontis. Edinburgh: Printed for private subscription. 1918  #69374
Cecil Barclay Simpson was born in 1885 in the Aberdeenshire parish of Monquhitter, where his father, Rev. James Simpson, was minister of the United Free Church. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and the University of Aberdeen, then to Edinburgh University where he was preparing for the Ministry, into which he was accepted in 1914. However, he then joined the Inns of Court O.T.C., received a commission in the Seaforth Highlanders, went to France in April 1917 and was killed by a shell on 7th October while serving with the 4th Battalion. He is buried in Guemappe British Cemetery, Wancourt. Contains a memoir, extracts rom letters and Memorial Verses by A.J. Young. Brown paper covd. boards, gilt tile to front, little marked, generally VG & scarce.   £165

     




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