Captain John Simpson from Stockport died in a road traffic accident whilst driving a tracked vehicle on Devonshire Road, Weston-super-Mare [1][2][3]. Captain Simpson was an Instructor at the Commando Mountain Warfare Training Centre (C.M.W.T.C) [4] who had been attached to 46RM Commando on 5 April 1944 at Folkestone [5].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/8.
[3] Report in the Western Daily Press 16 February 1945.