Oh my word this is fantastic to read and does confirm my heritage albeit a mixed bag! I cannot thank you enough for sharing this information with me, it tells me so much about my mother's side of the family and I didn't realise boxing was passed through generations..my mother always watched the boxing on TV years ago and I suppose this is why, regret not speaking more with her now about her father's side of the family. Thank you so muchTo answer the query about Jack Simpson posed at the start of this thread.
He was born in 1912 the son of George Simpson and Mary Cain. At the age of 14 he was a schoolboy Midland Boxing Champ and went on to become a professional in 1948. As a youth he did cross the law but less so than his uncle Charles (George's brother), who was also a professional boxer. After a troubled youth Charles seems to have settled down and, known as Charley "navvy" Simpson, he had considerable success in the ring. He died aged 47 at Erdington Infirmary in July1921 after 6 months of paralysis.
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