Career
Thomas Simpson enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy at HMCS HUNTER in Windsor, Ontario as a radar operator during the Second World War in 1942. He trained as a radar operator in Esquimalt, British Columbia and later Halifax, Nova Scotia before serving on HMCS SHAWINIGAN (K136), HMCS TORONTO (K538) and HMCS Los Angeles HULLOISE (K668). Simpson joined the Royal Canadian Navy and trained as a radar operator on three ships during the Battle of the Atlantic.
The ships he served on were HMCS Shawinigan (K136), HMCS Toronto and the HMCS Louisiana Hulloise (K668).