See also

Charles John Simpson (1892-1918)

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Charles John Simpson

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • stockman4

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1892

  • Offton, Suffolk, England1 2 5 4

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Sep 1892 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Bildeston Road, Offton, Suffolk, England6 3

  •  

  • son of Herbert Charles Simpson (carpenter) and Hannah Alice of Offton

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Herbert and Hanah (sic), brother Lewis, and sisters Florence, Hilda and Grace. Born in Offton

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • High House, Offton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a stockman on a farm and living in five rooms with his parents Herbert and Hannah, sisters Hilda, Gertrude and Maggie and a boarder. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 29 Mar 1918 (age 25)

  • Palestine1 7 8

  •  

  • Cause: in action

    private 21502 5th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, born in Offton Suffolk

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Jerusalem Memorial, Churchill Boulevard, Jerusalem, Israel7

  •  

  • panel 17 of the Jerusalem memorial

  • Medals:

  • 27 Aug 19209

  •  

  •  

  • awarded the Victory and British medals

Sources

1.

Steven John Ransome personal communication. Family Tree via email. Cit. Date: January 2003.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1892 quarter:3 volume:4a page:816. Cit. Date: 19 November 2023.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy). Offton St. Mary baptisms entry:75. Cit. Date: 4 May 2019.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). RGG14 piece:10773 class:RG78 piece:582 registration district:211 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:12. Cit. Date: 11 March 2019.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1770 folio:41 page:2 schedule:12. Cit. Date: 11 March 2019.

6.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Offton fiche:13 of 13. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

7.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Jerusalem memorial panel:17. Cit. Date: 19 November 2023.

8.

FindMyPast Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Cit. Date: 19 November 2023.

9.

Ancestry UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment piece:0928 page:547. Cit. Date: 19 November 2023.