Basic Details
Surname
Simpkin
Forenames
Charles B
Gender
Male
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Died
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Recovered 12.6.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2852259/charles-bertie-simpkin/
SICK BERTH STEWARD 2ND CLASS CHARLES BERTIE SIMPKIN
Service Number: 350801
Royal Navy H.M.S. "Kent."
Date of Death 06 July 1918 Age 36 years old
Buried PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY Church P. 19. 47.United Kingdom
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Simpkin, of Leicester; husband of Victoria Rosina Wheller (formerly Simpkin), of Canada.
Recovered 12.6.23 from http://legacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13648
Comments : RN Service records give his date of birth as 14 June 1882
Father : Charles Simpkin
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Fanny Freer
Birth Place : registered at Billesdon (Leicestershire) Sep Qtr 1884
Birth Date : 1884
Spouse : Victoria Rosina Saunders
Marriage Place : Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, High Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Marriage Date : 1915
Death Place : R.N. Hospital, Plymouth
Death Date : 6 Jul 1918
Buried : Ford Park Cemetery (Formerly Plymouth Old Cemetery) (Pennycomequick) Devon, England Church P. 19. 47.
Census 1891 : 9, Green Lane, Evington, Leicestershire
Census 1901 : 9, Garendon Street, Leicester
Census 1911 : H.M.S. Powerful
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Year of death
1918
Month of death
July
Day of death
6
Age at death
36
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