Source: WW1 Covered live on Twitter.
British Home Child (Barnardo Boy) per research from Dawn Hueston and contributed through the 18th Battalion Facebook page.. Link to LAC record and Find A Grave.

Record from Find A Grave Page:
Birth: Feb. 6, 1893
Headington
City of Oxford
Oxfordshire, EnglandDeath: Mar. 30, 1916
Ypres (Ieper)
Arrondissement Ieper
West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
A British Home Child sent to Canada in 1904. Enlisted in Windsor, Ontario on Nov 2, 1914.
Service # 53283
18th Battalion – Canadian InfantrySon of:
William George Simson (1867-1936)
Sarah (Canning) Simson (1864-1905)
of Oxfordshire, England.Siblings:Henry Alexander Reginald Simson (1888–1937)
William Percival C Simson (1892–1946)
Samuel Francis Simson (1895–1917)
Aubrey Christian Ralph Wilkinson Simson (1896–1958)
Annie Martha Lillian Sophia Simson (1897–1975)
Arthur Gilbert Simson (1899–1950)
Bertram Edward G Simson (1902–1981)
Cyril Canning Simson (1905–1979)paternal half siblings:
Brother Andrew R Simson (1870–1936)
Sister Ann Simson (1873–)Burial:
Westoutre British Cemetery
Heuvelland
Arrondissement Ieper
West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Plot: II. F. 1.Created by: Dawn
Record added: Apr 01, 2016
Find A Grave Memorial# 160347332
