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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 13th January 1881 [his father] Walter Grindlay Simpson 2nd Baronet (age 37) and [his mother] Ann Fitzgerald Mackay Lady Simpson (age 24) were married at Banchory-Devenick.
On 8th February 1885 Second Lieutenant Oda Louis David Mackay Simpson was born to Walter Grindlay Simpson 2nd Baronet (age 41) and Ann Fitzgerald Mackay Lady Simpson (age 28). He was educated at Eton College [Map].
On 29th May 1898 [his father] Walter Grindlay Simpson 2nd Baronet (age 54) died at Balabraes Ayton. His son [his brother] James (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baronet Simpson of Strathavon and the City of Edinburgh.
In September 1914 Second Lieutenant Oda Louis David Mackay Simpson (age 29) enlisted in the 32nd Battalion Canadian Infantry sailing to England in Feb 1915.
On 1st September 1915 Second Lieutenant Oda Louis David Mackay Simpson (age 30) transferred to the the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters travelling to France on 29th May 1915.
On 5th June 1916 Second Lieutenant Oda Louis David Mackay Simpson (age 31) joined the 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. He was wounded at Beaumonth Hamel, Somme and evacuated to England.
After 5th June 1916 Second Lieutenant Oda Louis David Mackay Simpson (age 31) rejoined the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters
On 13th July 1918 Second Lieutenant Oda Louis David Mackay Simpson (age 33) was killed in action at Ridge Wood Ypres. He was unmarried. He was buried at Nine Elms British Cemetery Poperinghe Ypres Plot XIV. Row A, Grave 8.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Simpson
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Simpson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Grindlay
GrandFather: James Young Simpson 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Jarvey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Jarvey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Cleland
Father: Walter Grindlay Simpson 2nd Baronet
Second Lieutenant Oda Louis David Mackay Simpson
GrandFather: Alexander Mackay
Mother: Ann Fitzgerald Mackay Lady Simpson
GrandMother: Isabella Catherine Thomson