John Nelson Simpson
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'Private. A.O.C. (Royal Army Ordnance Corps). Married and lives in Fleetwood. V. ill Aug. 1917 in Mesopotamia eldest son of J. Simpson. Brown Bobbie. Aug. 6 reported died in Mesopotamia July 28.' Note: No. 06106. 15th Division H.Q (Basra). Died 28 July 1917, aged 38. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Simpson of 72 Radcliffe Road, Fleetwood, Lancs according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (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