James Simpson

[*Sandra*]

Commonwealth War Graves Commission appeal for relatives of Gunner James Simpson - Service No 1136712 - Royal Artillery - died 26/7/1942 - buried Edinburgh (Mount Vernon) Roman Catholic Cemetery.

The private memorial marking the grave of Gunner James Simpson no longer provides adequate commemoration. The commission is in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave.

FIND A GRAVE

Mount Vernon Cemetery Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
PLOT   Sec. E. Grave 10.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59790525/james-simpson

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

SIMPSON, JAMES - Rank Gunner - Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery - Service No:- 1136712
Unit Text: 86 (The Hertfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt. died 26/7/1942 - aged 19 years
Son of James and Mary Ann Simpson, of Edinburgh.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. E. Grave 10.
Cemetery: Edinburgh (Mount Vernon) Roman Catholic  Cemetery.

http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-post-7450.html

Sandra

[MonicaL]

Not much jumping out for them so far.

Only one possible marriage between a James Simpson and Mary A (none with Ann*) in Midlothian between 1900-22: Marriage in 1916 in St Giles, bride Mary A Kerr. If she married/went by just Mary... Also, they could have married anywhere but lived in Edinburgh during the war years.

Looking at the electoral rolls for 1946, there is one entry at 11 Tron Square for a James Simpson and Mary A Simpson which might be them.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Mary Ann Sullivan Kerr/Simpson, widow of James Kerr, labourer, commited suicide  (coal gas poisoning) in 1950. Had still been living at 11 Tron Square.

 

Is this the right family for James Jnr...I don't know really. We would need an address I guess for parents to confirm I suggest. Don't know if this would have been included on any documents. Just seen from records for him that his birth place is given as Edinburgh.

Although buried at Mount Vernon, he doesn't look to have died in Scotland. England?

Monica