52338: Photographs and Documents relating to William Simper, erroneously listed dead

<p dir="ltr">Lance Corporal 41829 William Alfred George Simper, 10th Bn. Essex Regiment:</p> <p>Initially his parents were informed that he had died, but then were told of his whereabouts: in Hospital Auxiliare 101 in Rennes, France. He was wounded in the thigh and buttock by shrapnel, believed caused by French artillery, and was nursed in a French convent by nuns. About 40 years later the quality of the 1918 french surgery was highly praised in a British hospital. Bill Simper went on to have a family of his own, serve as a surveyor with the Civil Defence in WW2 and ultimately died in September 1975, some 57 years after the first announcement of his death. </p> <p>Also some Christmas cards from his two brothers, Bert and Harold, both serving with the 6th Division.</p>