Robert Simpson
Rank: Gunner
Service No: 192635
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 31/7/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery “B” Bay. 71st Bde
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery
Additional information: Son of William and Margaret Simpson of 85 Westerton Avenue, Drumchapel, Glasgow. Born at Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr and Mrs Wm Simpson, 9 Melrose Avenue, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father William Simpson
1901 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises William 36, Margaret 38, Lizzie 12, Jessie 10, Mary 8, Robert 6 and Maggie 3.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Margaret 48, Jessie 20, Mary 18, Robert 16 and Maggie 13.
Newspaper transcript – Simpson.- Killed in action, on 31st July, 1917, Gunner Robert Simpson, R.F.A., aged 22 years, only son of Mr and Mrs Wm. Simpson, 9 Melrose Avenue, Rutherglen.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen and East Parish Church, Rutherglen.