SIMPSON Bert

  • First Name(s):
    Bert 
  • Surname:
    SIMPSON
  • Service Number:
    5253773
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Suffolk Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th April 1945
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany, Grave 7. D. 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mark and Louisa Simpson; husband of Ena May Simpson, of Droitwich, Worcestershire

Lance Corporal Bert SIMPSON served and died in WW2.

SIMPSON Bert Is Named On These Memorials

Droitwich War Memorial

Further Information About SIMPSON Bert

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

The following information is taken from a local newspaper dated 5th May 1945, researched by and courtesy of Peter Kennedy:
L/Cpl B. Simpson Killed
Mrs B. Simpson, of 33 Burrish St Droitwich, was informed on Monday that her husband, L/Cpl B. Simpson, had been killed on active service in Western Europe.  He joined the Worcestershire Regiment on October 19, 1939, but was transferred to another Regiment on going out with the British Liberation Army.  The last time his wife heard from him was a field card written on April 11.  He was killed a few days later.  L/Cpl B. Simpson was the son of Mrs L. Simpson, of the Vines, Droitwich, and the late Mr Simpson.  His wife is the daughter of Mr and Mrs T. Colley, 12, Woodfield Road, Droitwich.  There are two children.
The report includes a photograph of Bert Simpson.

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