Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookto the Special Reserve of the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France, 19 Jan. 1915, and died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 1 Feb. following, from bronchitis contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there. [Illustration: =Anthony Henry Simpson.=] =SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD=, Leading Seaman, 220490, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD CRANBY=, Trooper, No. 13/442, No. 3 Troop, 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of (--) Simpson, by his wife, Katherine (Ohaupo, New Zealand); _b._ Turakina, New Zealand, 1891; educ. Government Schools, and St. Patrick's College, Wellington; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and joined the Waikato Mounted Rifles, 14 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles in May and died about 19 May following, of wounds received in action there the same day; _unm._ His Major wrote: "As far as I can remember your boy was wounded on 18 May, when the Turks attacked us. I cannot say if he spoke after being wounded, as he was taken away by the stretcher-bearers to the dressing station, and from there to the clearing hospital. I understand he died whilst being taken from the dressing station to hospital, and was wounded in the head. He was given a Christian burial in the North Cemetery, and now lies on the portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula which he fought so bravely to hold. You have the satisfaction to know that he fought like a man and died like a hero for his King and Country. He was a brave man and a true comrade, and I felt the loss of his assistance." =SIMPSON, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9675, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SIMPSON, GEORGE=, Private, No. 10129, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 March, 1915. =SIMPSON, HUBERT ZEPH=, Assistant-Paymaster, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Hawke, elder _s._ of the late Zephaniah Simpson, member of the London Stock Exchange (1875-1913), by his wife, Lucy Eva (61, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W.), dau. of John Tucker, of Barnstaple, Solicitor; _b._ Herne Hill, S.E., 20 Nov. 1880; apprenticed to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., 12 Feb. 1896, and qualified as Master, 16 Oct. 1903, but, after serving with that company and in the Glen and Union Lines, was compelled through near sight to give up his career and start anew. He obtained an Assistant Pursership in the R.M.S.P. Co., and in 1907 was made Purser, being one of the very few Pursers to hold a Master's Certificate. On 30 May, 1913, he was appointed Purser of the R.M.S.P Arcadian, on which he served until the outbreak of war. He had joined the Royal Naval Reserve as Midshipman, 13 April, 1897, being promoted Sub-Lieut. 25 July, 1903; but eye trouble having rendered him unfit for combatant service, he retired, and in April, 1909, applied for appointment as Assistant Paymaster, which he received, 5 Sept. 1910. He was appointed to H.M.S. Hawke, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Admiral Fremantle, writing in May, 1913, described him as "a keen and zealous officer, who would give valuable assistance in war time"; and the Secretary of the R.M.S.P. Co. wrote: "During the years he was with us he won the esteem of those with whom he served and the warm regard of his brother officers, and he will be very greatly missed, not only by our own people ashore and afloat but also by numbers of passengers with whom he travelled." [Illustration: =Hubert Zeph Simpson.=] =SIMPSON, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 9856, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Frank Simpson, of 72, Larch Road, Balham Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 11 Feb. 1915. =SIMPSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 1798, 6th Battn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, _s._ of Thomas Simpson, of Clitheroe, Cotton Weaver; _b._ Clitheroe, co. Lancaster; educ. there; enlisted 16 Sept. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ =SIMPSON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 164860, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SIMPSON, JOHN EDMUND=, Capt., King's Own Yorkshire L.I., elder _s._ of the late Rev. John Curwen Simpson, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, by his wife, Frances Maria (Dale Lodge, Brompton, near Scarborough), dau. of Samuel Sheppard, of Taunton; _b._ Bayswater, London, 9 July, 1873; educ. St. James', Southleigh, and St. Paul's, Stony Stratford; joined the Volunteers, gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the King's Own Yorkshire L.I., 5 May, 1900; promoted Lieut. 26 April, 1901, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1907, and from 1910 to 1913 was Adjutant of the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. at Pontefract. On the outbreak of war he went to France with his regt. and was shot through the chest while leading his men in an attack on a farm house occupied by Germans, at Messines in Flanders, 31 Oct. 1914; buried in a field near to where he fell; _unm._ Capt. Simpson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French's Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914 [London Gazette, 9 Dec. 1914], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, (Capt. Launcelot Simpson, M.V.O., another "K.O.Y.L.I." officer, after being wounded at Le Cateau, is now (1916) a prisoner of war at Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany. [Illustration: =John Edmund Simpson.=] =SIMPSON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1320, 4th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of the late William Simpson, by his wife, Eliza (17, Warkworth Street, Lemington-on-Tyne), dau. of William Tiplady, of Kibblesworth, co. Durham; _b._ Dewley, Throckley, 2 Jan. 1897; enlisted following the declaration of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action west of Wieltte, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. R. Rewcastle, of B Coy., in forwarding to his mother a Bible taken from his pocket, wrote: "He died nobly while doing a duty that would have increased the safety of his comrades. He was buried the same day, and a cross marks the spot where he lies." [Illustration: =William Simpson.=] =SIMPSON, WILLIAM RUSSELL=, Trooper, No. 8531, 2nd Squadron, 5th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry, attd. 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), _s._ of James Simpson, of 5, Bruce Street, Edinburgh, Vanman, by his wife, Agnes Baird, dau. of William Russell; _b._ Edinburgh, 21 June, 1889; educ. South Morningside School; was in the employ of W. Bell & Son, Cab Proprietors, Edinburgh; volunteered and enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; died at York, 14 Jan. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while training; _unm._ =SIMS, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8741, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SIMS, JOHN=, Naval Cadet, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Bulwark, eldest _s._ of Charles Sims, of Lodsworth, Petworth, A.R.A., by his wife, Agnes Helen, dau. of the l |