posted on 2024-02-23, 22:57authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
Robert Simpson was a Private in the 7th Battalion Royal Scots (No. 30021). He dies in action on the 24th November 1917 and is commemorated on the Jerusalam Memorial. Robert is photographed here (seated) with a friend, Josh Kirk. Josh survived the conflict and became a hairdresser on Henderson Street, Leith, Scotland.
History
Identifier
7123.jpg|
GWA_6179_Photo_3_-_R_Simpson.jpg|
Subject
Simpson, Robert; Kirk, Josh
Date
1914 - 1918
Date Created
1914
Temporal Coverage
01/04/1905
Source
Photograph
Medium
Photographic paper
Type
Photograph
Contributor
Admin | Andrew Grant | May Henderson
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor