[Listed as SIMPSOM on SDGW] Captain, General List attached to Railway Transport Office, M. Forwarding Office Department. Drowned in Gruissan Harbour, Southern France, 4 May 1917. Aged 29. Assistant Agent Antwerp, Goods Manager's Office, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)[London Gazette Issue 29074 18 February 1915] and Mentioned in Despatches. Son of John James and Emily Simpson. Buried Near North-East corner of GRUISSAN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Aude, France. See also Lancashire & Yorkshire Victoria Station Goods Department

Captain Eric Cograve SIMPSON, elder son of Mr. John T. Simpson, of Sholebroke Mount, Leeds, who had been reported as missing, is now definitely stated to have been drowned at sea, and his body has been recovered. He was returning home from Salonica, when the vessel which he was on board was lost. He joined the forces in August, 1914, and having previously spent some years of training on English and Continental railways, he was quickly placed on Government railway work. He was sent out to France, and was afterwards transferred to Salonica.