Leslie Colin Simpson
In 1911 he was a tobacco mixer.
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Leslie Colin Simpson was born on 19th December 1891, he was baptised on 12th June 1892 at St Nicholas Church, Nottingham, he was the son of William and Frances Annie Simpson née Taylor.
His father William was born in 1848 at Nottingham, he died in 1904 aged 57 yrs his mother Frances Annie Taylor was born in 1860 at Nottingham, they were married on 28th August 1884 at Nicholas Church, Nottingham, they had 4 children. He was the brother of William Francis and Archibald Simpson and in 1911 they lived at 18 Cecil Street Lenton Nottingham.
In the 1911 census the family lived at 18 Cecil Street, Lenton Nottingham. William Francis Simpson, head of the family 24 yrs single a leather grainer is living with his brothers Archibald Vere 21 yrs an asylum clerk and Lesie Colin Simpson 19 yrs a tobacco mixer.
He was the fiancee of Agnes Green.
Private Leslie Colin Simpson enlisted at Nottimngham whilst residing at Lenton, he served with the 2nd battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, he was killed in action at the battle of Hooge on 9th August 1915 , he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Nottingham Evening Post, 9 August 1916: ‘SIMPSON. In loving memory of Leslie Colin, killed in action August 9th, 1915. In a far and lonely battlefield, where the trees their branches bend, lies my loving brother, gone to his untimely end; sleep on, dear brother, in a hero’s grave, a grave I may never see, but as long as life and memory last I will remember thee. His loving brother Will.’ (Source: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, 9 August 1916: ‘SIMPSON. In loving memory of Private Leslie Colin Simpson, killed in the battle of Hooge, August 9th, 1915, aged 23 years. Too far away thy grave to see, but not too far to think of thee. His fiancée Agnes Green.’ (Source: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, 9 August 1916: ‘SIMPSON. In loving memory of Leslie Colin Simpson (Les), Cecil-street, Lenton, fell in the battle of Hooge, August 9th, 1915. Arch and Bobin (sic).’ (Source: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Photo of Leslie Colin Simpson
Ypres Menin Gate memorial, Belgium, courtesy of the cwgc