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Private F Simcoe

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Private Frank SIMCOE, G/28864, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 25th October 1918, age 19.

Born Earls Barton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, son of Charles Frederick and Alice Mary Simcoe, Broad Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire.

1911 Census - Broad Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire - Frederick Simcoe, age 38, married, decorator, decorator, worker, at home, born Earls Barton, Northamptonshire; Alice Simcoe, wife, age 34, married 14 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Earls Barton, Northamptonshire; Harold Simcoe, son, age 13, school, born Earls Barton, Northamptonshire; Frank Simcoe, son, age 11, school, born Earls Barton, Northamptonshire; Emily Simcoe, daughter, age 8, school, born Earls Barton, Northamptonshire; Mable Simcoe, daughter, age 6, school, born Earls Barton, Northamptonshire; Thomas Simcoe, son, age 4, school, born Earls Barton, Northamptonshire.

Enlisted Northampton, Northamptonshire.

Buried at Moorseele Military Cemetery, C. 4., Wevelgem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated Earls Barton, Northamptonshire War Memorial.