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2nd Lt. David Caldow Simpson
British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:London
David Caldow Simpson joined the Kings Royal Rifle Corps as a temporary 2nd lieutenant and served in the trenches in France, then transferred to the RFC. Listed in the London Gazette 18 October receiving a temporary commission in the RAF as '2nd Lieutenant, Observer Officer'. After the war he founded a transport company called Holme & Simpson, later North British Transport. During WW2 he was an Army Welfare Officer with the rank of Captain and organised entertainment. Founder member of the Road Haulage Association and became Freeman of City of London in 1946. Died 2nd March 1969.