War Memorial - Kinwick, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Ernest Walter Grimston (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lieutenant 13 September 1876 bapt. 23 October 1976, St Peter, Eaton Square, Pimlico, London, England 16 September 1960, Amersham, Buckinghamshire 73 North Midland Territorial Artillery Son of Walter John and Josephine Grimston, nee Wilkinson, husband of Christine Sibyl Lister.

Supplement to the London Gazette on 08 March 1915:

3rd North Midland Brigade
Ernest Walter Grimston to be Lieutenant (temporary).
Dated 1st Frebruary, 1915.

Lieutenant Ernest Walter Grimston, Royal Field Artillery, was awarded with the Victory Cross. He lived at Woodside, Cadmore, High Wycombe at that time.

He was married to Christine Sybil Lister during the third quarter of 1910.

England Census 1911 about Ernest Walter Grimston and family Residence: Woodside, Cadmore End, High Wycombe
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Ernest Grimston Christine Grimston Ellen Lodge Violet Grimston	Head Wife Servant Sister	Male Female Female Female	34 29 24 36	abt. 1877 abt. 1882 abt. 1887 abt. 1875	London, England London, England Berners Rottery, Essex Brighton

Edward Luttrell Grimston Byrom
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lieutenant 25 June 1885 24 January 1944, Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, England 58

The retired Captain Edward L. G. Byrom, married, lived at Kilnwick Hall, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England in 1939.

Petition for divorce in 1915: Edward Luttrell Grimston Byrom and Duff Stirling Smurthwaite. They were married during the third quarter of 1914, Paddington, London.
The second marriage took place in Beverly, Yorkshire, England during the second quarter of 1922. He was married to Dorothy B. Seed.

Wills and Administrations, 1944
Byrom, Edward Luttrell Grimstomn of Kilnwick Hall, Driffield, Yorkshire, died 24 January 1944. Probate (save and except settled land) Llandudno, 12 July, to George Wilfred Addison, todd land agent and Richard English, auctioneer.
Effects £84132 6s. 2d.
Further grant 17 August 1944.

Byrom, Edward Luttrell Grimstomn of Kilnwick Hall, Driffield, Yorkshire, died 24 January 1944. Probate (limited to settled land) Llandudno, 17 August, to the Reverend Edmund Arthur Du Cane, clerk and Charles Lionel Fox, retired land agent.
Effects £87250.
Former Grant P. R. 12 July 1944.

Frederick Simpson Staveley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Captain abt. 1888, Southburn 14 March 1915 27 3rd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium Son of Harold Hornby Staveley and Marion Blanche Staveley,nee Topham, of Tibthorpe, Driffield, husband of Ursula Joan Staveley, nee Whitaker.

England Census 1891 about Frederick Simpson Staveley and family Residence: Southburn, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Harold H. Staveley Marion B. Staveley Herbert W. Staveley Muriel M. Staveley Frederick S. Staveley Claude K. Staveley Hannah Denny Sarah Thompson Annie E. Milson	Head Wife Son Daughter Son Son Servant Servant Servant	Male Female Male Female Male Male Female Female Female	36 30 6 4 3 2 29 26 18	abt. 1855 abt. 1861 abt. 1885 abt. 1887 abt. 1888 abt. 1889 abt. 1862 abt. 1865 abt. 1873	Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England

Francis Loftus Tottenham
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Commander Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Benbow"

Probably: A Francis Loftus Tottenham was married to Cicell Grimston in Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England on 22 August 1871. This Francis Loftus Tottenham was born abt. 1850. The family lived in Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland in later years. Their children were born there.

Richard Anderson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 06 September 1890 3rd quarter of 1969, Buckrose, East Riding of Yorkshire 79 Army Service Corps

England Census 1901 about Richard Anderson and family Residence: Lodge Farm, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Joseph Anderson Annie Anderson Richard Anderson Mary Jane Anderson Ethel Anderson John Anderson Thomas Anderson	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Son Son	Male Female Male Female Female Male Male	36 31 10 7 5 3 1	abt. 1865 abt. 1870 abt. 1891 abt. 1894 abt. 1896 abt. 1898 abt. 1900	Newbold North, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire

Charles Bentley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 171034 25 June 1878, Kilnwick, Yorkshire 17 September 1916 38 26th Bn. Canadian Infantry Vimy Memorial, France Son of the late Richard and Maria Bentley, of Kilnwick, Cranswick, Beverley, Yorks, England.

George Bentley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private East Yorkshire Regiment Probably a son of the late Richard and Maria Bentley, of Kilnwick, Cranswick, Beverley, Yorks, England.

A George Bentley can also be found in the family of Harold Bentley.

England Census 1881 about Charles and George Bentley and family Residence: Kilnwick Village, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Richard Bentley Maria Bentley Annie Bentley George Bentley Edith Bentley Charlie Bentley	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Son	Male Female Female Male Female Male	47 43 13 7 5 2	abt. 1834 abt. 1838 abt. 1868 abt. 1874 abt. 1876 abt. 1879	Hub, Cranswick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire

Robert Bentley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 2nd quarter of 1865 Navvy's Battalion Middlesex Reserves Son of the late Richard and Maria Bentley, of Kilnwick, Cranswick, Beverley, Yorks, England.

England Census 1871 about Robert Bentley and family Residence: Town Farm, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Richard Bentley Maria Bentley Henry Bentley Elizabeth Bentley Eliza Bentley Robert Bentley Annie Bentley Charlotte Bentley	Head Wife Son Daughter Daughter Son Daughter Daughter	Male Female Male Female Female Male Female Female	38 33 10 8 7 5 3 2	abt. 1833 abt. 1838 abt. 1861 abt. 1863 abt. 1864 abt. 1864 abt. 1868 abt. 1869	Cranswick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Kilnwick Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick Yorkshire Kilnwick Yorkshire Kilnwick Yorkshire Kilnwick Yorkshire

Harold Bentley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Trooper East Yorkshire Yeomanry Son of Thamas and Emily Bentley.

Walter Bentley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 45th Battalion Canadian Contingent Son of Thamas and Emily Bentley.

England Census 1911 about Harold Bentley and family Residence: Kilnwick Lodge, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas Bentley Emily Bentley George Bentley Harold Bentley Emily Blanch Bentley Walter Bentley	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Son	Male Female Male Male Female Male	50 58 34 22 24 21	abt. 1861 abt. 1853 abt. 1877 abt. 1889 abt. 1887 abt. 1890	Kilnwick, Yorkshire Sherburn, Yorkshire Sherburn, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire

John Mason Bentley
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private bapt. 15 June 1884, Sherburn, Yorkshire Motor Transport Army Service Corps Son of Thamas and Emily Bentley.

England Census 1911 about John Mason Bentley and family Residence: Elloughton, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
John Mason Bentley Ethel Bentley Mary Simmonds	Head Wife Montly Nurse	Male Female Female	26 23 57	abt. 1885 abt. 1888 abt. 1854	Sherburn, Yorkshire Driffield, Yorkshire Didmarton, Gloucestershire

Alexander Carter
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner third quarter of 1886 124 Hull Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Son of Robert and Mary Carter.

Harold Carter
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Gunner abt. 1889 East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery Son of Robert and Mary Carter.

England Census 1891 about Alexander and Harold Carter and family Residence: Village Street, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Robert Carter Mary Carter Ethel Carter Alexander Carter Harold Carter	Head Wife Daughter Son Son	Male Female Female Male Male	35 35 6 4 2	abt. 1856 abt. 1856 abt. 1885 abt. 1887 abt. 1889	Kilnwick, Yorkshire Sandford, Hampshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire

Francis Carter (Probably Frank Carter)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private abt. 1883 17th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Son of Robert and Mary Carter.

England Census 1901 about Frank Carter and family Residence: Cottage, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Robert Pickering Carter Mary Jane Carter Harold Carter Frank Carter	Head Wife Son Son	Male Female Male Male	45 45 12 18	abt. 1856 abt. 1856 abt. 1889 abt. 1883	Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire

Robert Duggleby
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal Navvy's Battalion Middlesex Reserves

Walter Duggleby
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private East Riding Yeomanry

England Census 1891 about Robert and Walter Duggleby and family Residence: Cawhill Farm, Watton, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Richard Duggleby Rachel Duggleby Walter Duggleby Robert Duggleby Nellie Duggleby George Duggleby Mary E. Jowsey Lucy H. Dodgson Jane Pinder Andrew Ward George Frow Edwin Butler Thomas Maw Joseph B. Constable Francis Spavin James H. Clayton Francis West John Garry	Head Wife Son Son Daughter Brother Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant	Male Female Male Male Female Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male Male	45 32 4 3 4 mo. 52 20 25 13 20 21 19 17 16 15 14 28 51	abt. 1846 abt. 1859 abt. 1887 abt. 1888 abt. 1890 abt. 1839 abt. 1871 abt. 1866 abt. 1878 abt. 1871 abt. 1870 abt. 1872 abt. 1874 abt. 1875 abt. 1876 abt. 1877 abt. 1863 abt. 1840	North Burton, Yorkshire Elmswell, Yorkshire Watton, Yorkshire Watton, Yorkshire Watton, Yorkshire North Burton, Yorkshire Watton, Yorkshire Catfoss, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Etton, Yorkshire Cherry Burton, Yorkshire Matton, Yorkshire Kilham, Yorkshire Kelk, Yorkshire Cherry Burton, Yorkshire Driffield, Yorkshire Ireland

Richard Duggleby, the father, was a farmer.

William Duggleby
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Trooper East Riding Yeomanry

England Census 1911 about William Duggleby and family Residence: Lund, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Charles Henry Duggleby Laura Duggleby Harry Duggleby William Duggleby Arthur Duggleby Violet May Duggleby Mabel Colley Elsie Cooper James Cole George Wilson Albert Chatter William Hall	Head Wife Son Son Son Daughter Visitor Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant	Male Female Male Male Male Female Female Female Male Male Male Male	45 38 19 16 13 2 23 16 19 19 19 60	abt. 1866 abt. 1873 abt. 1892 abt. 1895 abt. 1898 abt. 1909 23 abt. 1895 abt. 1892 abt. 1892 abt. 1892 abt. 1851	Kilnwick, Yorkshire Middleton On Wolds, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Tulse Hill, London Sledmere, York West Hall, Suffolk Cranswick, Yorkshire Bungay, Suffolk Nafferton, York

OR:

England Census 1901 about William Duggleby and family Residence: Laurel House, Beswick, Beverley, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Duggleby Eva Duggleby Arthur Knowles Alfred Bryon Edward Simpson David Norris Elizabeth Harrison	Head Wife Servant Servant Servant Servant Servant	Male Female Male Male Male Male Female	31 36 19 18 16 21 16	abt. 1880 abt. 1875 abt. 1892 abt. 1893 abt. 1895 abt. 1890 abt. 1895	Beswick, Yorkshire Sunk Island, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Tibthorpe, Yorkshire Aike, Yorkshire Welfholme, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire

Horace Harrison
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private CHT/992 04 December 1892 Army Service Corps

Harold Harrison
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 18 August 1898 West Yorkshire Regiment

Probably: England Census 1901 about Horace and Harold Harrison and family Residence: 13, Norfolk Terrace, Sculcoates, Hull ( Kingston upon Hull), East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Thomas Harrison Sarah Harrison Cora Harrison Horace Harrison Lizzie Harrison Harold Harrison Joseph Pickering Fred Lewis	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Son Visitor Visitor	Male Female Female Male Female Male Male Male	38 35 10 8 5 2 22 25	abt. 1863 abt. 1866 abt. 1891 abt. 1893 abt. 1896 abt. 1899 abt. 1879 abt. 1876	Kilnwick, Yorkshire Lund, Yorkshire Hull, Yorkshire Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Yorkshire, England Kilnwick, Yorkshire Grimsby, Lincolnshire

For Joseph Pickering please also see below John Pickering.

The 1939 Register for England and Wales includes a Horace Harrison who lived with his wife Sarah J. Harrison, nee Scott, at Main Street, Kilnwich, East Riding of Yorkshire. The marriage to Sarah J. Scott was registered in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, during the second quarter of 1920. His death was registered in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, during the forth quarter of 1983.

The birth of Harold Harrison was registered in Sculcoates, East Riding of Yorkshire, during the third quarter of 1898. The entry in the 1939 Register for England and Wales tells he lived at Kilnwick Post Office, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. He was a single and lived with his parents Thomas and Sarah A. Harrison.

Thomas Lyon
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 34636 abt. 1894, Kilnwick, Yorkshire 25 September 1916 22 10th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Thiepval Memorial, France Son of Henry and Mary Jane Lyon of Kilnwick, Yorkshire.

Walter Lyon
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private abt. 1890, Kilnwick, Yorkshire Army Service Corps Son of Henry and Mary Jane Lyon of Kilnwick, Yorkshire.

William Lyon
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private abt. 1892, Kilnwick, Yorkshire 152 Batt. Canadian Infantry Son of Henry and Mary Jane Lyon of Kilnwick, Yorkshire.

England Census 1901 about Thomas, Walter and William Lyon and family Residence: Cottage, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Henry Lyon Mary Jane Lyon Walter Lyon William Henry Lyon Thomas Lyon	Head Wife Son Son Son	Male Female Male Male Male	43 34 11 9 7	abt. 1858 abt. 1867 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1894	Ticton, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire

John Pickering
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private Army Service Corps

England Census 1881 about John Pickering and family Residence: Beverley Road, Kilnwick Lodge, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Pickering Mary E. Pickering Elizabeth Pickering William T. Pickering Jane Pickering John Pickering George Pickering Joseph Pickering	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Son Son Son	Male Female Female Male Female Male Male Male	49 47 12 11 10 8 4 1	abt. 1832 abt. 1834 abt. 1869 abt. 1870 abt. 1871 abt. 1873 abt. 1877 abt. 1880	Kilnwick, Yorkshire Whitby, Yorkshire North Dalton, Yorkshire North Dalton, Yorkshire North Dalton, Yorkshire North Dalton, Yorkshire North Dalton, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire

The birth of John Pickering was registered in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire during the forth quarter of 1872.

John Pittam
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 3rd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment

Charles Robinson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

Jesse Suggitt
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Driver T4/057568 06 March 1892, Kilnwick, Yorkshire 09 May 1971, Riding, Northumberland Army Service Corps Son of William Davis Suggitt and Ann Suggitt, husband of Ann Mary Lundy Hill.

England Census 1901 about Jesse Suggitt and family Residence: Cottage, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Suggitt Annie Suggitt Kate Suggitt Jessie Suggitt Doris Suggitt James Jenkinson	Head Wife Daughter Son Daughter Boarder	Male Female Female Male Female Male	52 47 11 9 5 36	abt. 1851 abt. 1854 abt. 1890 abt. 1892 abt. 1896 abt. 1865	Cranswick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Kilnwick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire

The marriage of Jesse Suggitt and Ann Mary Lundy Hill was registered in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, during the first quarter of 1920. His death was registered in Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, during the second quarter of 1971.

Probate and Letters of Administration, 1972
Suggitt, Jesse, of Town Farm, Kilnwick, Driffield, Yorkshire, died 09 May 1971. Probate Leeds 14 February. £20294.

Frederick Suggitt
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 624 12th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment

England Census 1891 about Frederick Suggitt and family Residence: Village Street, Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
William Suggitt Ann Suggitt Sarah Suggitt James Suggitt Fred Suggitt Alice Suggitt Kate Suggitt	Head Wife Daughter Son Son Daughter Daughter	Male Female Female Male Male Female Female	40 37 11 9 7 4 1	abt. 1851 abt. 1854 abt. 1880 abt. 1882 abt. 1884 abt. 1887 abt. 1890	Cranswick, Yorkshire Watton, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire Beswick, Yorkshire

The marriage of Frederick Suggitt and Alice E. Beckett was registered in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, during the second quarter of 1914.
Frederick Suggitt was born probably on 22 December 1883 and died during the first quarter of 1977. His death was registered in Bridlington, Humberside, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Walter H. Harper
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 24451 abt. 1885 13 November 1916 31 13th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France Husband of Phoebe Harper, nee Waslin or Wassling, of Kilnwick, Cranswick, Yorkshire.

England Census 1911 about Walter Harper and family Residence: New Farm, Watton, Cranswick, Beverley, Yorkshire, England
Name	Relation	Gender	Age	Birth	Place of Birth
Walter Harper Phoebe Harper James Harper Robert Harper	Head Wife Son Son	Male Female Male Male	25 22 2 1	abt. 1886 abt. 1889 abt. 1909 abt. 1910	Pickering, Yorkshire Bishop Burton, Yorkshire Bainton, Yorkshire Bainton, Yorkshire
10 boarderers are also mentioned in that census.

He appears to be Walter Harper, birth recorded 1885, then noted as Walter Henry and Henry Walter Harper on other records. Mother named as Mary Lacy on army record, appears to be Mary Ann Harper who marries David Lacey 1897, but parentage unproven through census.

William Henry Brant
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 4345623 10 January 1919 06 March 1942 23 4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Son of John Henry and Alice Brant, nee Bentley, of Kilnwick, Yorkshire.

Sidney Robson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sergeant (Flight Engineer) 1624707 abt. 1924 25 March 1944 20 97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Runnymede Memorial, UK Son of George and Rachel Alice Robson, nee Matthews, of Kilnwick, Yorkshire. Crewing Avro Lancaster aircraft ND440 OF-H, hit by anti aircraft fire and ditched in Channel. Sgt Robson presumed drowned, other crew taken prisoner.

Joseph William Simpson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 4400055 abt. 1923 25 March 1945 22 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Son of George and Emily Simpson, nee Smith, of Kilnwick, Yorkshire, husband of Annie Simpson, nee Reeves, of Litherland, Liverpool.

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