Private 20841 Hubert Simpson

Private 20841 Hubert Simpson, 11^th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in action on 10^th Aug 1917 aged 19

• Buried: Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3 in Belgium
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph and Emily Simpson
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for Pte Simpson
• Voormezeele Cemetery
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Census and Family Information

• Born Apr qtr 1898 Birmingham
• In the St Edward’s Home for Boys in Coleshill aged 12, at school [1911 census]
• His widowed mother lived at Primrose Cottage, Marston Green, Birmingham
• Enlisted June 1916, occupation clerk