Main CPGW Record
Surname: SIMPSON
Forename(s): Albert Edward
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 21040
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Labour Corps
Battalion / Unit: 36th Coy
Division: ---
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1918-06-18
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. E. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Albert Edward Simpson was the son of Arthur William and Eleanor Agnes Simpson, formerly Taylor, née Foster. Arthur was born at Fairford, Gloucestershire and Eleanor at Clapham, Yorkshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 56, Westmorland Street - Albert Simpson, aged 6 years, born Skipton, son of Arthur W. and Eleanor A. Simpson.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 56, Westmorland Street - Albert Simpson, aged 16 years, born Skipton, son of Arthur W. and Eleanor Simpson.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 56, Westmorland Street - Albert Edward Simpson, aged 26, born Skipton, son of Arthur William and Eleanor Agnes Simpson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Albert E. Simpson, 61616, Durham Light Infantry & 21040, Labour Corps.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Albert Edward Simpson, 21040, 36 Coy Labour Corps. Date and Place of Death: 18.6.18. Wounds France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother sole legatee - Eleanor A. £14 17s. 10d.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
SIMPSON, Albert, Labour Co., son of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, Westmorland Street, [Skipton], died of wounds Jan. 18, 1918.
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Private Albert Edward SIMPSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Labour Corps
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28 June 1918
SIMPSON – Died of wounds in France, June 18th, Private Albert Simpson, of the Labour Company, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, 56 Westmorland Street, Skipton.
20 June 1919
SIMPSON – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Albert Simpson, who was killed in France on June 18th, 1918.
From Father, Mother and Family, 56 Westmorland Street, Skipton.
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28 June 1918
SIMPSON – Died of wounds in France, June 18th, Pte. Albert Simpson, of the Labour Company, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, 56, Westmoreland Street, Skipton.
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