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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 20841 Hubert SIMPSON - 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Killed in Action on Friday 10th August 1917 aged 19

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Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France & Flanders British War & Victory Medals Voormezeele Enclosure No.3
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
May 1917 in France ~ Bickenhill, St. Peters
    Marston Green, St. Leonards
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Marston Green, Garden of Memory
Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) 2 Jun 1916 in Birmingham  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Other War Memorials  
Kemmel ~ ~
     

Service History

  • 2 Jun 1916 - Enlisted in Birmingham
  • 3 Jun 1916 - Posted to Army Reserve
  • 26 Jul 1916 - Mobilised in Warwick

Circumstances of Death

Hubert is listed as being killed in action on 10 Aug 1917. The 11th Battalion War diary entries for the period 9th to 11th August are transcribed below.

Front Lines near Kemmel - 9/8/1917: Movement was impossible in the front line by day. At night considerable work was done in wiring outposts, improving and linking up positions & salvage work.

Front Lines near Kemmel - 10/8/1917: Enemy snipers and machine guns active in the front line neighbourhood. Back areas were heavily shelled, chiefly at 8-10pm and 1-3am. Battalion HQ was shelled by H.E. intermittently during the evening & a large number of gas shells were put down.

Counter measures were taken against enemy snipers and a number of hits were claimed.  A Joint Post was formed with the 47th Australian Battalion on our right.

Front Lines near Kemmel - 11/8/1917: Brigadier General MacLachlan was killed near our right Company HQ while making a tour of inspection round the outpost line. Improvements were made in the outposts & support trenches & fire positions.

Night - 11-12/8/17: Battn Changed over with 10th Loyal North Lancs and became Battalion in support of right sub-sector. During the relief a heavy barrage was put down by the enemy between the front & support lines. A direct hit was obtained on D Coy HQ.
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1898 in Birmingham  
   
Parents Names Abode
Joseph (died 1900) and Emily Simpson Primrose Cottages, Marston Green 
   
Schools Colleges
Five Ways Grammar School ~
   
Address History Employment History
1898 - Birmingham 1911 - Scholar
1901 - Bellefield Road, Birmingham 1916 - Clerk at Law Union & Rock Insurance Co 
1911 - Marston Green Cottage Homes  
1916 - Primrose Cottages, Marston Green  
   

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