PERSONAL DETAILS
Name/Alias	William SIMPSON
Birth date and place	c. 1820 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Baptism date and place
Civil Census Residences	Kensington Palace Barracks, St Margaret’s, Westminster, England (1851). Family: Sapper Quarters, Opposite North Arch, Artillery Place, Woolwich, Kent (1851). 28 Balmono Street, Outer High or St Paul’s Central, Lanarkshire (1871). 129 Duke Street, Blackfriars, Glasgow, Lanarkshire (1881). Duke Street, Blackfriars, Glasgow, Lanarkshire (1891). See Musters below (1851, 1861).
Trade	Carpenter. Joiner and  Undertaker (1871). Coal Merchant (1881).
Physical Description	Height: 5 ft. 8½ ins. Complexion: fair. Eyes: blue. Hair: light brown.
Marriage date and place	2 May 1843 St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent.
Spouse	Janet DUNLOP.
Children	William b. 1843, Scotland. David b. 1845, Gibraltar, Spain. Tasia? b. 1849, Gibraltar, Spain. Mary b. 1854, Fremantle, Western Australia. Andrew b. 1856, Fremantle, Western Australia. Colin b. 1859, Fremantle, Western Australia. Margaret b. 1864, Medway District (tentative), England.
Death date and place	After 1891. Indistinguishable in records.
Burial date and place
Will and Probate
Death/Funeral Notices
ARMY SERVICE DETAILS
Corps and Company	Royal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners).
Service No. and Rank	#669 Private.
Attestation date and place	19 Apr 1842 Glasgow, Lanark.
Service/Campaigns	Gibraltar 5 years 11 months. Western Australia 10 years 10 months.
Musters	WO11-123 5th Company, Woolwich & Hyde Park (1851). WO11-130 (1851) to WO11-207 (1862) Western Australia.
Promotions	Private to 2nd Corporal 15 Aug 1855. 2nd Corporal to Corporal 1 Aug 1860. Corporal to Sergeant 1 Dec 1863.
Medals, Clasps and Badges	Five Good Conduct Badges.
Other Awards & Prizes	The Great Exhibition 1851. Bronze Medal and Present.
Casualty/Medical	None.
Regimental Court Martial	Tried, sentenced and imprisoned for drunkenness 20 Feb to 27 Feb 1861. Sentence for reduction in rank remitted. Name entered once in Regimental Defaulters Book.
Discharge date and place	16 Jan 1866 Chatham.
Length of Service	23 years 265 days.
Chelsea Pension Reference	WO97-1363-243.
Post Discharge Residence	No. 141 Gallowgate Street, Glasgow.
Pension	1/8d. per diem.
ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Ship	Anna Robertson.
Departure and Arrival dates	Dep. Woolwich 10 Sep 1851. Arr. Fremantle 18 Dec 1851.
Occupations post-arrival in WA	Instructing Warder [Barker p.189].
Subscriptions to Funds	Nightingale Fund 1857.
Land Acquisition	None in Western Australia.
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette 21 Jan 1853. Inquirer & Commercial News 21 Jan 1857.
Ship ex-WA	Lincelles.
Departure date and destination	Dep. Fremantle 27 Apr 1862 for Cape of Good Hope and London.