The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G Simpkin

Private George SIMPKIN, G/2332, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds (gun shot wound left thigh), 5 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 14th November 1916.

Born Brixton, Surrey, son of Archibald James & Minnie Simpkin, 83 Penge Road, Anerley, SE20.

1911 Census - 83 Penge Road, Anerley, SE - Archibald Simpkin, age 37, married, beer bottler, brewery, worker, at home, born Ramsgate, Kent; Minnie Simpkin, wife, age 36, married 16 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Teynham, Kent; Archibald Simpkin, son, age 15, single, errant boy, born Brixton, Surrey; George Simpkin, son, age 13, born Brixton, Surrey; James Simpkin, son, age 7, born Brixton, Surrey; Lilian Simpkin, daughter, age 3, born Brixton, Surrey.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 19 years & 25 days, height 5ft 9 inches, weight 120lbs, dark complexion, dark brown eyes, black hair, small linear scar at base of left thumb. Resided 83 Penge Road, South Norwood, SE. Formerly bricklayers improver.

Home, 8th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 14th November 1916.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; May 1915, awarded 10 days Field Punishment No.2.; 26th July 1915, embarked; 8th August 1915, 55 Field Ambulance, concussion to Hgld Casualty Clearing Station; 9th August 1915, Hgld Casualty Clearing Station, Villers Bocage, concussion brain; 17th August 1915,11 Stationary Hospital, contusion abdomen; 19th August 1915, Etaples, 18 Infantry Base Depot; 6th March 1916, Abbeville, 2 Stationary Hospital, eczema; 13th March 1916, Abbeville, discharged 2 Stationary Hospital; 18th July 1916, Abbeville, influenza, 5 Stationary Hospital; 26th July 1916, returned to Unit; 8th September 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, arrived fromn Abbeville; 12th September 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

23rd November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Archibald Simpkin, 83 Penge Road, Anerley, SE20; Mother, Minnie Simpkin, 83 Penge Road, Anerley, SE20; Brothers - Archibald, age 24, 83 Penge Road, Anerley, SE20; James Simpkin, age 17, 83 Penge Road, Anerley, SE20; Ernest Simpkin, age 7, 83 Penge Road, Anerley, SE20; Sisters - Lilian May Simpkin, age 13, 83 Penge Road, Anerley, SE20.

Buried at Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, I. Q. 22., France.

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