Letter to Henry Simpson's father from the Red Cross
Title
Letter to Henry Simpson's father from the Red Cross
Description
Reports that there was no news of his son who was missing in action but if there were the air ministry would be first to notify him.
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Date
1944-06-29
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One page typewritten letter
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EAmpthillMSimpsonL440629
Transcription
WAR ORGANISATION OF THE
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY and ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
[Red Cross badge] President: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Grand Prior: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G. [St. John badge]
[underlined] WOUNDED, MISSING AND RELATIVES DEPARTMENT [/underlined]
Chairman: THE DOWAGER LADY AMPTHILL, C.I., G.B.E.
Telephone No. SLOANE 9696
In replying please quote reference: S/AEW RAF/C.13050
7 BELGRAVE SQUARE,
LONDON, S.W.1.
19th December 1944.
Dear Mrs. Simpson,
We deeply regret that you will by now have heard from the Air Ministry that your son, Sergeant H.E.W. Simpson, No. 1806333 has been posted "Missing, believed Killed in Action", and we should like to offer you the deep sympathy of all in this Department.
The report that your son, Sergeant G.L. Nordbye and F/Sergeant L.M.G. Baker lost their lives on 8th June 1944 was sent to the International Red Cross Committee at Geneva in an official German statement.
Further enquiries are being made about Sergeant Simpson's death and place of burial and you will be notified without delay when any information reaches the Air Ministry or ourselves.
Many answers are being received to enquiries of this nature, but we are afraid that they often take several months to come through.
With again our deepest sympathy.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Ampthill.
Chairman.
Mrs. L. Simpson,
"Amberley"
[missing letter]ingle Street,
[missing letters]ggin Hill,
[missing word]
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY and ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
[Red Cross badge] President: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Grand Prior: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G. [St. John badge]
[underlined] WOUNDED, MISSING AND RELATIVES DEPARTMENT [/underlined]
Chairman: THE DOWAGER LADY AMPTHILL, C.I., G.B.E.
Telephone No. SLOANE 9696
In replying please quote reference: S/AEW RAF/C.13050
7 BELGRAVE SQUARE,
LONDON, S.W.1.
19th December 1944.
Dear Mrs. Simpson,
We deeply regret that you will by now have heard from the Air Ministry that your son, Sergeant H.E.W. Simpson, No. 1806333 has been posted "Missing, believed Killed in Action", and we should like to offer you the deep sympathy of all in this Department.
The report that your son, Sergeant G.L. Nordbye and F/Sergeant L.M.G. Baker lost their lives on 8th June 1944 was sent to the International Red Cross Committee at Geneva in an official German statement.
Further enquiries are being made about Sergeant Simpson's death and place of burial and you will be notified without delay when any information reaches the Air Ministry or ourselves.
Many answers are being received to enquiries of this nature, but we are afraid that they often take several months to come through.
With again our deepest sympathy.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Ampthill.
Chairman.
Mrs. L. Simpson,
"Amberley"
[missing letter]ingle Street,
[missing letters]ggin Hill,
[missing word]
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M Ampthill, “Letter to Henry Simpson's father from the Red Cross,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/26678.
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