Nature and Place of Casualty: Reported from Base Missing after Action. Now for Official purposes presumed to have “Died” on or since.
BX August 27, 1918
William Edgar Simpson Reported Missing
Alderman and Mrs. Simpson, 105 Park Avenue, will have the sympathy of many friends when they learn that their son, Private William Edgar Simpson, who left Brantford about a year ago, has been missing since August 10. Private Simpson left with the artillery, and had been in France only a short time.
BX May 20, 1919
Private William Edgar Simpson Presumed Dead
The first casualty list issued from Ottawa for some time this morning contained the name of William Edgar Simpson of Brantford, who was previously reported as missing. He is now reported as presumed to have died.
BX May 21, 1919
William Edgar Simpson Presumed Dead
Word was received yesterday that William Edgar Simpson, of the 38th Battalion, C.E.F., who was reported, “Missing, August 10, 1918,” has now been for official purposes, presumed to have died on or since the above date. Edgar was the second son of Ald. Henry Simpson, and was 19 years of age when he made the supreme sacrifice.