The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S Simpson

Private Sidney SIMPSON, G/3660, "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th September 1915, age 21.

Born Finchley, London, Middlesex, son of Walter & Edith Maud Simpson, of 35, Percy Road, North Finchley, Middlesex.

1911 Census - 35, Percy Road, North Finchley, Middlesex - Walter Simpson, head, age 41, married, laundry carman, worker, born Attercliffe, Yorkshire; Edith Simpson, wife, age 41, married 17 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Dalston? London; Sidney Simpson, son, age 16, single, laundry assistant, worker, born Holloway, London; William Simpson, son, age 13, school, born Barnet, Hertfordshire; James Simpson, son, age 9, school, born Wood Green, Middlesex; Gladys Simpson, daughter, age 6, school, born Bowes Park, Middlesex; Daisy Poole, age 15, visitor, born Kitts End, Barnet.

Enlisted Finchley, London, Middlesex.

30th August 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.

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