Gilderoy J. W. S. Sapper
Personnel Entry
Name Gilderoy James Wallace Simpson
Army number Not yet known.
Rank Sapper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Born 2/9/1919. Birth registered Q3 1919 - mother's maiden surname Frond.
Age (At time of death) 71.
Unit Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Served in No. 3 Platoon.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 7/2/1991 - cause not yet known. Cremated at Durham Crematorium.
Home address 24, Grange Road, Carrville, Durham. At the time of the 1939 General Register James was living with his family in Grange Road and working as an Apprentice Carpenter. He married Rita Coulson in Durham Central District and the marriage was registered in July 1946.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
