BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN ROBERT SIMPSON (1861-1933) & SARAH SIMPSON, OF 83 KENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). A FORMER BUTCHER’S ERRAND BOY. HE WS EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 242316, 5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE DIED ON 26/10/1917, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH.
First name:
ERNEST CLIFFORD
Military Number:
242316
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
83 , KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
