The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E G Simmons

Private Ernest George SIMMONS, G/4980, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action in Flanders France, death assumed on or after, 3rd May 1917, age 25.

Born West Peckham Kent, son of Walter & Eliza Simmons, of Church Row, West Peckham, Kent / Council Cottages, Beech Road, Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent.

1911 Census - West Peckham, Maidstone - Walter Simmons, head, age 68, married, stockman on farm, worker, born West Peckham, Kent; Eliza Simmons, wife, age 59, married 42 years, 9 children, 7 still alive, born East Peckham, Kent; Ernest George Simmons, son, age 18, single, agricultural labourer, worker; Harold Spry, boarder, age 5, born Plymouth, Devon.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 22, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 128lbs. Resided Church Row, West Peckham, Kent. Formerly farm carter.

Separation Allowance 4/3 a week, Allotment of Pay 3/6 a week payable to father.

Home, 14th December 1914 to 30th April 1915; BEF, 1st May 1915 to 18th September 1915; Home, 19th September 1915 to 21st March 1916; BEF, 22nd March 1916 to 3rd May 1917.

14th December 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st May 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1915, wounded; 15th September 1915, 15 Field Ambulance, gun shot wound; 19th September 1915, to England, ex 6 General Hospital; 19th September 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st December 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd March 1916, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd March 1916, embarked; 22nd March 1916, 12 Infantry Base Depot; 14th November 1916, attached 3rd Army School?; 3rd May 1917, posted missing.

8th November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, Walter Simmons, Church Row, West Peckham, Maidstone; Mother, Eliza Simmons, Church Row, West Peckham, Maidstone; Brothers - Walter Simmons, age 30, Council Cottage, Mereworth; Sisters - Alice Kemp, age 33, Mereworth; Mary Ann Baker, age 48, Mereworth; Florence Smith, age 45, Tonbridge; Jane Corke, age 43, Tonbridge; Elizabeth Smith, age 29, Harrietsham.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France and at St. Dunstan's Church, West Peckham, Kent

This page was last updated on 22-Jan-2022.