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Military service
Service number:
B/63935
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
December 9, 1920
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 18, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Bernières Sur Mer, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 15.
Additional information
Son of William John and Ormenta Simpson, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Mary Jean Simpson, of Toronto. Brother of William James Simpson.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
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Obituary
This copy of Sgt. Simpson's obituary is from a Toronto paper in June 1944. -
Grave Marker
This photo of Sgt Simpson's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron on June 6th, 2003. -
Photo of John Simpson
LSgt John M. Simpson, QOR of C, 1944 -
Group Photo
John M. Simpson (R) and brother William J. Simpson (L) c. 1940 John (Jack) was 20 yrs. old and a Rifleman with the QOR of C, William (Red) was 15 yrs old and a Private with the Kent Regt when this photo was taken. Four years later they went ashore together with the QOR of C at Juno Beach on D-Day. William said that John's last words as he died were "Keep Going!" William died in the line of duty as a City of Toronto Firefighter in 1966. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Montgomery Simpson
John M. Simpson ca, 1939. Age 18. Employed as Jewelry Polisher or Jeweler's Apprentice. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 443 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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