BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ESTHER ELIZABETH CLIPSO & LATE GEORGE HENRY SIMMONS (1855-1907), OF 13 LEE SMITH STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. FORMERLY PRIVATE, 2224, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. LATER SERVED WITH THE 2/4TH GLOUCESTSHIRE REGIMENT (CITY OF BRISTOL) TERRITORIALS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/10/1917, AGED 19. BURIED AT DOUAI COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER ESTER ROWLANDS (1864-1950) WHO MOVED TO 16 BARCROFT STREET, CLEETHORPES.
First name:
JAMES SAMPSON
Military Number:
235057
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/10/1917
Place died:
Douai Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
19
, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
