Biografie
In 2015 he was living in Windsor ON.
Militärdienst
He was appointed as an Able-Seaman (Radar Operator) RCNVR 06/11/1942.
He joined the navy at HMCS Hunter 1942.
He served in Esquimalt 1942.
He served in HMS Conn, HMS Rupert, HMS Redmills, HMS Fitzroy, HMS Byron, HMS Grindall and HMS Keats.
He served in HMCS Shawnigan.
He served in HMCS Toronto.
He served in HMCS La Hulloise.
He served in HMCS Thetford Mines.
He served in HMCS Strathdam. (He was released.) (He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal 1945. On March 7, 1945 La Hulloise along with two other Canadian River class frigates Strathadam and Thetford Mines sank German submarine U-1302 (originally thought to be German submarine U-775) in the St George's Channel. In August the event was recognised by the awarding of medals to a number of the officers and men of the three frigates, Simpson included. The citation read "For gallantry, resolution and skill whilst serving in H.M. Ships Conn, Rupert, Redmills, Fitzroy, Byron, Grindall and Keats and H.M. Canadian Ships La Hulloise, Strathadam and Thetford Mines in successful anti-U-boat warfare.)
Anekdoten
His grandson, Ronald Simpson reports that "During the Battle of the St. Lawrence, he took part in escort operations and coastal defense operations from Halifax to Newfoundland to New York. During the longest battle of the Second World War; the Battle of the Atlantic, he participated in the escort groups that took ONS, ON and HX North Atlantic convoys mostly originating from Halifax, Nova Scotia and Sydney, Nova Scotia across the Atlantic to Londonderry and Liverpool. In the Arctic Campaign, he participated in convoys sometimes called the ‘Great Northern Patrol’ where convoys passed both through the Denmark Straits or south of Iceland to as far as the Arctic Circle where convoys were handled over to the Russian Navy. Protection of these convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic was vital to winning the war. During the Italian Campaign, he took part in KMF Mediterranean–United Kingdom convoys and MKS Gibraltar-United Kingdom convoys that transported British and Canadian troop convoys for military operations in Italy and Sicily from England and Gibraltar. During the British Isles Inshore Campaign of 1944-1945 he participated in missions and operations in which he performed his duties with outstanding skill and seamanship that would set a new standard at the time with his wholehearted devotion to duty, worthy of the high traditions of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Navy and which are maintained as a measure of excellence in the Royal Canadian Navy today."
