Name:

Walter Simpson
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: SPTS/1222
Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers
Born: 12 May 1874. Lawhead. Parish of Cameron
Died: 27 July 1916
Memorial: Elie War Memorial
Earlsferry Town Hall
Buried-Remembered Thiepval Memorial. France
Family: Son of John Simpson and Janet Simpson ms Robertson
Husband of Margaret Law Simpson ms Herd of Earlsferry
1901 Census: High Street
Earlsferry
Civil Parish of Elie
Newspaper: East of Fife Record 10 August 1916

Additional:

Builder

Member of Elie Rifle Club

In 1914 he enlisted in the Sportsmen's Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) having already served in the Army during the Boer War.

Enlisted : Edinburgh
Residence : Earlsferry