Photograph of Private Robert Simpson and Josh Kirk
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Photograph of Private Robert Simpson and Josh Kirk
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| Subject |
Simpson, Robert; Kirk, Josh
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| Notes |
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.
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| Item date |
1914 - 1918
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Admin
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| Filename |
GWA_6179_Photo_3_-_R_Simpson.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Andrew Grant
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
May Henderson
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Collection
Citation
“Photograph of Private Robert Simpson and Josh Kirk,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/7112.
Permitted Use
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