The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Simpson

Private Frederick SIMPSON, G/25338, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 3662, Middlesex Regiment), died, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 15th July 1917, age 30.

Born Homerton, Middlesex, son of John Simpson.

15th June 1907, Great Amwell, Herfordshire, Frederick Simpson married Ellen Harnett.

Children - Helen Winifred Simpson, born 4th January 1908; Thomas Frederick Simpson, born 8th June 1909; Marjorie Lilian Simpson, born 2nd May 1911.

1911 Census - 12 Brantwood Road, Tottenham - Frederick Simpson, head, age 23, married, pawnbrokers assistant, Pawnbrokers & Jewellers, worker, born Hackney; Helen Simpson, wife, age 24, married 3 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Sydenham; Helen Winifred Simpson, daughter, age 3, born Tottenham; Thomas Frederick Simpson, son, age 1, born Tottenham.

Enlisted Edmonton, Middlesex. Resided 81, Sheldon Road, Silver Street, Edmonton, London.

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, IV. G. 23, Iraq.

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