Name
Joseph Simpkins
1886
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/09/1917
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
40580
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
12th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 42 to 47 and 162.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Leonard's Church Lychgate, Sandridge
Pre War
Born 1886 in Sandridge and baptised 7 Mar 1886 there, the son of Harry and Sarah Simpkins of Sandridge,
Census: 1891 Census living at Woodcock Hall Cottage, Sandridge with parents and siblings, 1901 Census living at Woodcock Hall cottage, Sandridge with parents and siblings and 1911 Census living at Woodcock Hill, Sandridge with uncle and sibling employed as a wood carman.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Watford.
Additional Information
Back pay and gratuities of £14 8s 7d paid to mother
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams
Jonty Wild
