Military service
Burial/memorial information
Served with the Winnipeg Grenadiers (MG) - NPAM - from 1934 to an unknown date, then with the 1st Battalion of that regiment in Manitoba, in Jamaica with Y Force and in Hong Kong with C Force. He had 832 days of service, including 53 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Simpson Rapids located on the Big Spruce River in his honor in 1995.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Kenneth Simpson
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
Private KENNETH SIMPSON is one of 27 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Newspaper Clipping
Private KENNETH SIMPSON was reported Killed in Action, in the Canadian Army's 242nd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of Kenneth Simpson
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War II and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Simpson
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 44 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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