Joseph Simpson
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'R.N.R. (Royal Navy Reserve). Barrack Street Class & Club. Had operation to fit himself for enlisting. Joined. May 31. Brother of Robert & Edward. Rejected for eyesight Nov. 30. S.S. Largo 80. G.P.O London.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/13)
External sources: 43 Peel Road