BORN BEEDFORD, YORKSHIRE, 1882. SON OF JAMES AND ANN A FARM LABOURER. LIVED DRIFFIELD. MARRIED SARAH SLEIGHT IN 1907. ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 2ND DUBLIN FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/10/1917, AGED 35 . HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW SARAH TURNER, OF NORTH FRODINGHAM, DRIFFIELD.
HIS SERVICE RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS BORN IN HULL. HE IS BURIED AT ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HUSBAND OF SARAH TURNER, NORTH FRODINGHAM DRIFFIELD, EAST YORKS.”
First name:
HERBERT SIMPSON
Military Number:
41523
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/10/1917
Place died:
Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
35
NORTH FRODINGHAM, DRIFFIELD, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
