{"id":14668,"date":"2014-06-29T21:14:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/?p=14668"},"modified":"2014-08-13T10:06:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T09:06:06","slug":"frank-simpson-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/2014\/06\/29\/frank-simpson-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Simpson RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/2013\/04\/09\/ken-johnson-rip\/gone-home\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/gone-home.gif?fit=113%2C89&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"113,89\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"gone-home\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/gone-home.gif?fit=113%2C89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1236 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/gone-home.gif?resize=113%2C89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"gone-home\" width=\"113\" height=\"89\" \/>The Group is sad to hear that Frank Simpson, one of our old members, passed away recently. Frank was our oldest known ex-member having joined our Cubs in 1938.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Frank told us about his experience in the Troop and about his friend Bill who was also was one of our Scouts, but was sadly killed during the Second World War. <a href=\"http:\/\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/1930s-1940s\/the-second-world-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">You can read about Frank&#8217;s experiences here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMAG0547.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/2012\/10\/19\/scouts-in-1940\/imag0547-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMAG0547.jpg?fit=1024%2C618&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,618\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0547.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMAG0547.jpg?fit=640%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMAG0547.jpg?resize=300%2C181&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMAG0547.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMAG0547.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMAG0547.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Frank and fellow Scouts and Guides hiking in 1940<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frank-Simpson-1-Large.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14767\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/2014\/06\/29\/frank-simpson-rip\/frank-simpson-1-large\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frank-Simpson-1-Large.jpg?fit=739%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"739,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Frank Simpson-1 (Large)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frank-Simpson-1-Large.jpg?fit=640%2C936&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14767\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frank-Simpson-1-Large.jpg?resize=205%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Frank Simpson-1 (Large)\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frank-Simpson-1-Large.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frank-Simpson-1-Large.jpg?resize=700%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Frank-Simpson-1-Large.jpg?w=739&amp;ssl=1 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:249,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\\\/site\\\/1930s-1940s\\\/the-second-world-war&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250429102214\\\/https:\\\/\\\/history.porthillscouts.org.uk\\\/site\\\/1930s-1940s\\\/the-second-world-war\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 13:07:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-11 14:43:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-15 13:27:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-22 22:43:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-29 05:28:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-08-11 07:03:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-09-25 00:57:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-09-29 15:53:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-10-06 06:26:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-10-06 06:26:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Group is sad to hear that Frank Simpson, one of our old members, passed away recently. Frank was our oldest known ex-member having joined our Cubs in 1938. Frank told us about his experience in the Troop and about his friend Bill who was also was one of our Scouts, but was sadly killed&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/2014\/06\/29\/frank-simpson-rip\/\">Read More <i class=\"far fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"kia_subtitle":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-group"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgGvD-3OA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}