Basic Details
Surname
Simpson
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14807
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 177 Gladstone Street.

(CWGC records that Private George Simpson, regimental number 14807, died on 27/9/1915 serving in the 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Loos Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record his parents, Annie and John G Simpson, as his legatees. On the 1911 census George was aged 17, living with his parents Annie and John George Simpson at 177 Gladstone Street. His birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1893).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
September
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
Reported missing believed killed in action at the Battle of Loos
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
177, GLADSTONE ST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial