BORN WHITEFRIAGATE, HULL 1897. SON OF JANET FRANCES SIMPSON, OF 37 SOMERSCALES STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. HE LIVED IN KEYINGHAM, WHERE HE WORKED AS A FARM BOY (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5’5″, 36″ CHEST, 140LBS WEIGHT, RUDDY COMPLEXION, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR AND CONGREGATIONALIST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/10/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1778, 2/1ST EAST RIDING YEOMANRY, “B” SQUADRON. POSTED TO SALONIKA. TRANSFERRED TO 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 21ST SEPTEMBER 1916. HOSPITALISED WITH MALARIA. TRANSFERRED AGAIN AS LANCE CORPORAL, 57233, 12TH CHESHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, IN SALONIKA, ON 03/07/1917, AGED 20. BURIED GREECE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, AT 37 SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESS). SHE ALSO LIVED AT 41 SUTTON STREET AND 29, CLARENDON STREET, HULL.
