Albert Nicol Simpson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: Clyde Z/370
  • Rank: Able Seaman
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  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit/Ship: Nelson Battalion, R.N. Div
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 13.11.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Pier & Face 1A

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 14 Cleghorn Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    Martin Simpson, 14 Cleghorn St, Dundee

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More about Albert Nicol Simpson

Albert has no known grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.

Albert Simpson   CZ/370 Nelson Bn Royal Naval Division

DUNDEE R.N.D. MAN MISSING.

Mr and Mrs M. Simpson, 14 Cleghorn Street, Dundee, have received intimation that their son A.B. Albert Simpson, of the Royal Naval Division, is missing.

A.B. Simpson is only nineteen years of age.  He joined the Royal Naval Division early in the war, and saw service in Gallipoli.

Dundee Courier 16th December 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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