BORN HULL. SON OF MRS JANE SIMPSON, OF 47 BLACKFRIARGATE, HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS A WELL KNOWN FIGURE, SELLING NEWSPAPERS AT THE CORNER OF SCALE LANE HULL FOR OVER 30 YEARS. A WIDOW, SHE HAD NINE CHILDREN ALL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY, APART FROM GEORGE AND ANOTHER SON.
GEORGE SIMPSON WAS A FORMER HULL TRAMWAY DRIVER ON THE SPRING BANK ROUTE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 203481 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/06/1917. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM ON 19/07/1917 AND 28/07/1917. *
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH LOWGATE MEMORIAL & THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY. MEMORIAL AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH.
HE LEFT A WIDOW, VIOLET & TWO CHILDREN AT 8 SHIRLEY AVENUE, PERTH STREET, HULL. HIS MOTHER, WHO LIVED AT 47 BLACKFRIAR GATE, HULL, DIED ON ARMISTICE DAY 11/11/1920, AGED 62.
