Frederick William Simpson kept this menu, the last meal with the 25th Battery before returning to Canada. (Edward Simpson.)
A march past a military camp in Petawawa, Ontario, in 1916. (Edward Simpson.)
Frederick William Simpson, third from right, with an artillery gun. (Edward Simpson.)
Frederick William Simpson, front row, second from right, in front of a tent at a military camp in Petawawa, Ontario. (Edward Simpson.)

Frederick William Simpson

Frederick William Simpson enlisted on June 1, 1916, and served as a driver with Ottawa’s 30th Field Artillery.

Frederick William Simpson enlisted on June 1, 1916, and served as a driver with Ottawa’s 30th Field Artillery. He came back to Canada in 1919 and lived in Ottawa and worked as a plumber. He married Ethel Copeland in 1927 and they had two kids—Catherine and Edward. He died in 1955.

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