GB Simpson . British Army GB Simpson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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GD Simpson . British Army GD Simpson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sgt. George Robert Simpson . British Army Durham Light Infantry from Stanhope, County Durham I am trying to find out information about my Dad, George Simpson. I know he was taken prisoner and was classed as missing pressumed dead. He managed to get a postcard out of his POW camp which arrived at Christmas to say he was alive. I am not sure where he was captured or for how long. It's not a lot of info but if anybody knew of him I would love to hear from you.
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L/Cpl George "Dick" Simpson . British Army
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George Robert Wilfred Simpson . British Army Reconnaissance Corps George Simpson served with the Reconnaissance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sto George Simpson . Royal Navy HMS Aurora from Newcastle upon Tyne
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Gerald Anthony Simpson . RAF 78 Sqd (d.28th Apr 1942) My uncle, Sergeant Gerald Anthony Simpson was a pilot in 76 Squadron based at Middleton St George during the 2nd World War. He was killed in action over France on April 28th 1942 and is buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery. I know some of his crew survived the crash landing. I would be very interested to know more about his service at Middleton St George, the circumstance of his death and if any of the crew are still alive today
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H Simpson . British Army H Simpson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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H Simpson . British Army H Simpson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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H Simpson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps H Simpson served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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HC Simpson . British Army HC Simpson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Henry Simpson . British Army Gordon Highlanders My uncle, Gordon Highlander Henry Simpson from Maud, was a POW at Lamsdorf 344 (Stalag 8b). He was part of a group called the Lamsdorf Loons.
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HS Simpson . British Army HS Simpson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Able Sea. Hugh Simpson . Royal Navy HMS Pembroke from Arminghall, Norfolk (d.13th Oct 1944) Hugh Simpson was a distant relative of mine who must have been very distressed because he committed suicide on 13th of October 1944 by drowning himself in Chatham South Dock.
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Flight Sergeant J O Simpson . RAAF 460 Squadron
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Pte. James Alexander "Tufty" Simpson . British Army 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders from Elgin, Morayshire (d.4th Jun 1940) James Simpson was born in 1914 in Elgin, Morayshire. He was the eldest of three boys to Alexander and Elsie Simpson.
James enlisted into the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders aged 14yrs at Fort George and was a drummer boy. James re-enlisted in 1938 for a further 12 years and returned home immediately before the outbreak of war. James was still serving in the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders at that time.
On 18th of January 1940 the Battalion was at Aldershot and was inspected by King George V1.
On the 26th of January the 4th Battalion sailed for France and was moved into position in the Maginot Line in the Saar Valley, France. The German advance in May 1940 bypassed the Maginot Line and the 51st Highland Division fell back to a new position on the Somme at Abbeville.
It was stationed in front of the Ouvrage Hackenberg fortress of the Maginot Line and had thus escaped being encircled with the rest of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk. It was then pulled back to a new line roughly along the River Somme, where it was attached to the French Tenth Army.
For some time, it was forced to hold a line four times longer than that which would normally be expected of a division. The Division was attacked very heavily over 4th to 6thof June and it was on 4th June that James was reported missing in action believed killed during the attack on bridgeheads opposite Abbeville on the Somme.
James is remembered on the Elgin War Memorial
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Pte. James Duncan Gowans Simpson . British Army 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders from Aberdeen I received a full uniform set (tunic, kilt and accoutrements) belonging to James Simpson along with a series of documents.
These included two paybooks and two certificates of service detailing his interwar, wartime, and postwar regular and reserve service.
Simpson was born in 1906, and initially joined the Gordons on 11th of January 1925.
Being recalled in 1937, he went to France with the BEF and was at some point captured by the German Forces. He spent the majority of the war confined to Stalag XXB as PoW 19186 before being released at the end of the war.
He received the 1939-45 star, the France-Germany Medal and the War Medal.
He rejoined the Gordons in 1947, transferred to the HLI in 1948, before finally being discharged in 1950.
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Pte. James Henry Simpson . British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry from Harwich, Essex (d.23rd Apr 1944) Jimmy Simpson was killed on Garrison Hill tennis courts in Burma on the 23rd April 1944 aged 21 years. This is the only information I have.
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JG Simpson . British Army Gordon Highlanders JG Simpson served with the Gordon Highlanders British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Jim Simpson . RAAF 460 Squadron I just came across your website and thought you may be interested in Jim Simpson's story. He was 19 years old when he was sent to fight the war and was shot down on his first mission and captured by the Germans. Jim is still alive, 92 years old, independent and living in his own home on his farm. His story regarding the knitting of a rug whilst a POW in Stalag IVb can be found on the following website:
http://www.manfromsnowyrivermuseum.com/home/rug.htm.
The Man from Snowy River Museum is currently raising funds to enable us to build a room to house Jim's rug and ensure it is preserved as best it can, to enable visitors to marvel at the resilience of the human spirit and what can be achieved in adverse conditions.
The crew of the 460 Sqd Lancaster were:
F/S E.J.Ellery RAAF
W/C R.A.Norman DFC RAAF
Sgt L.E.P.Wells
F/S D.S.Thomas
F/S J.O.Simpson RAAF
Sgt G.E.Cleverly
Sgt D.O'Donoghue
Sgt P.F.Kills
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Pilot Officer John Alexander Simpson . RCAF 420 Squadron (d.15th April 1943) Wellington HE550 PT-G took off on April 14, 1943 at 2112 hours from Middleton St. George on a mission to Stuttgart. Homebound at 12,000 feet the plane was shot down by a Ju88 and crashed at Mesnil-St Laurent (Aisne), 5 km SE of St. Quentein, France. F/O Sydney Brown and P/O John A Simpson are buried in the churchyard at Mesnil-St Laurent. S/L F V Taylor and F/O G C Crowther bailed out and eventually returned to England. Sgt H N McKinnon was taken prisoner (Stalag 4B, No 222620) and was eventually repatriated.
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FO John Milne Simpson . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 25 Sqd. from Montrose, Angus (d.13th June 1944) Flying Officer (Navigator/Radar Operator) Simpson was the son of Robert and Grace Ann Simpson of Montrose, Angus.
He was 22 when he died and is buried in the Brummen General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
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Flying Officer Joseph William Simpson . RAF Lancaster ED 542 106 Squadron (d.3rd April 1943)
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K Simpson . British Army K Simpson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L Simpson . British Army L Simpson served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L. J. Simpson . Royal Air Force 460 Sqd.
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LFS Simpson . British Army Lancashire Fusiliers LFS Simpson served with the Lancashire Fusiliers British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Norah Simpson . British Red Cross Waveney Hospital My grandmother, Norah Simpson, was a volunteer nurse in Northern Ireland. I think she must have worked at the Waveney Hospital in Ballymena. I have found an autograph book in which she has drawings and signatures presumably by soldiers that were in the hospital when she was there.
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Pte Philip Gordon Simpson . British Army Army Air Corps from Hartlepool Philip Simpson was parachuted into Arnhem and was captured I think very quickly. He was taken to Stalag V111B on the 26th of August 1944 coming from Stalag X11A
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Pte. Philip Gordon Simpson . British Army Army Air Corps from Hartlepool
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