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Does anyone have family links to PTE H STIMPSON who served on the North-West Frontier in India during 1930-31? There could be a connection with Huntingdon, Cambridge..

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H Stimpson
in the UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
Name H Stimpson
Service Date 1930-1931
Service Place India
Campaign or Service India-NW Frontier
Regiment or Unit Name 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment
Regimental Number 6006392

That record says he was discharged to the Army Reserve.

It doesn't give any further details.

Just for INFO

Huntingdon was in Huntingdonshire until 1974

Have you thought of applying for his Service record?

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UK, WWII, British Army Medal Cards, 1939-1945

Full Name
Stimpson, Herbert George
Service Number 6006392
Age Code 12
Award Date 15 Oct 1948
Type Of Medal 1939-45; Burma; Defence; War
Rank Lance Corporal
Regiment 1st Bn. Cameronians (Sr)
Reference Number WO 460/484
Conflict Period World War II
Served For United Kingdom

Medal application card home address for Herbert is in Romford, Essex 15/10/48

Herbert George Stimpson
in the UK, British Army World War II Medal Cards, 1939-1945
Name Herbert George Stimpson
Rank Lance Corporal
Award Date 15 Oct 1948
Applicant's Delivery Address 104 Gorgeway Romford Essex <<<<<<
Service Group Number 12
Class of Release A
Service Number 6006392
Regiment 1st Bn. Cameronians (Sr)
Stars/Medals Issued 1939-45; Burma; Defence; War

"Gorgeway" should be Gorseway or Gorse Way.


Rose E Stimpson
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name Rose E Stimpson
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 5 Nov 1901
Residence Date 1939
Address 104 Gorseway
Residence Place Dagenham, Essex, England
Occupation Unpaid Domestic Duties
Line Number 21
Schedule Number 108
Sub Schedule Number 1
Enumeration District Ccmu
Borough Dagenham
Registration district 191/1
Inferred Children
Margaret J Stimpson
Household Members (Name) Gender Birth Year
Rose E Stimpson Female 1901
This record is officially closed.
Margaret J Stimpson Female 1938
Ernest E Hopper Male 1871
Charles R. Hopper Male 1917
Kathleen M Hopper Female 1919


Marriages Sep 1934 (>99%)
Hopper Rose E Stimpson Billericay 4a 2141
Stimpson Herbert G _opper Billericay 4a 2141


There were two Stimpson/Hopper births - 1935 Romford, and 1938 West Ham (Margaret in the 1939 Register).

The 1935 child married in 1955, was living in Kent in 2010, and was still alive in 2022.