Basic Details
Surname
Simpson
Forenames
Archibald
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He played the violin as well as both soccer and rugby for Mytholmroyd, was married, with a daughter, and working in his father's mineral water business before enlisting in October 1916: his father was a local Councillor. He was in France from January 1917 and died in a casualty clearing station of a head wound.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
29
Age at death
39
Manner of death as stated
Unknown
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds