Charles Wesley – Simmonds [Simmons] – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 23/07/1916

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Title

Charles Wesley – Simmonds [Simmons] – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 23/07/1916

Initials / forenames

Charles Wesley

Surname

Simmonds [Simmons]

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

London Regiment (London Scottish), 2nd/14th Battalion, "D" Company

Military rank

Private

Military number

7184

Railway department

Tidal Basin

Railway job

Booking Clerk

Date died

23/07/1916

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine: October 1916, p266

Memorial

Maroeuil British Cemetery

Notes

Aged 23, son of Herbert and Ruth Simmons of Ipswich. He joined the GER in July 1907. He had only been with the military a few months when he died from wounds revived in action.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

09/11/2016

Last updated

09/11/2016

Citation

“Charles Wesley – Simmonds [Simmons] – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 23/07/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 14, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/46058.