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Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Death:
September 22, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. N. I.
Additional information
Son of Ernest A. and Jessie Simpson of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Major Joseph Donaldson Simpson, who died on October 11, 1918, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment).
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
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Photo of Ernest Alroy Simpson
From The War Book of Upper Canada College, edited by Archibald Hope Young, Toronto, 1923. This book is a Roll of Honour including former students who served during the First World War. -
Memorial Tablet
Ernest Alroy Simpson is remembered on this brass Memorial Tablet. It was unveiled on May 1, 1921 in memory of Upper Canada College students who died on active service during the First World War. Upper Canada College is located in Toronto, Ontario. -
Photo 2 of Ernest Alroy Simpson
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Newspaper Obituary
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Royal Canadian Yacht Club Memorial
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club World War One Memorial, Toronto, Ontario. Images of the 1926 unveiling ceremony and the names listed on the side panels of the sun dial memorial. This unveiling and the photographs were presented in a special edition booklet entitled "In Memoriam 1914-1918". -
Photo of Ernest Simpson
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Photo of Ernest Simpson
Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me -
National Memorial Album
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Ernest Simpson
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Memorial
The Golden Book : The Military Institute, 1927 (Toronto : University of Toronto Press); -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Alroy Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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