Acting Bombardier HENRY CECIL SIMMONS
Service Number: 56799
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Garrison Artillery
123rd Heavy Bty.
Date of Death
Died 07 May 1915
Age 22 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Only son of Albert Simmons, of Villa Bianca, Moda, Constantinople, and the late Blanche Simmons. Resigned his contract abroad as an electrical engineer, in 1914, and enlisted. Born at Constantinople.
- Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF AN ONLY SON WHO FELL EAST OF YPRES FLANDERS R.I.P.
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