The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W G Simmonds

St. Michael's Church, Cuxton, Kent

Private William George SIMMONDS, G/5064, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 4th July 1915, age 31.

Born Cuxton, Rochester, son of William Simmonds, of Maidstone, Kent.

12th September 1903, St Lukes, Maidstone, Kent married Laura Elizabeth Humphrey, spinster, 5 Jupps Cottages, Cuxton, Rochester, Kent.

Children - #George Sidney Simmonds, born 20th September 1903, Maidstone, Kent; Daisy Simmonds, born 4th February 1905, Maidstone, Kent; William Charles Simmonds, born 26th November 1906, Maidstone, Kent; Lilian May Simmonds, born 12th October 1910, Maidstone, Kent. #died December 1917, age 14, Strood Registration District.

1911 Census - 5 Jupps Cottages, Cuxton, Rochester, Kent - William George Simmonds, head, age 25, married, labourer, cattle cake works, worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Laura Elizabeth Simmonds, wife, age 25, married 7 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Maidstone, Kent; George Sidney Simmonds, son, age 7, born Maidstone, Kent; Daisy Simmonds, daughter, age 6, born Maidstone, Kent; William Charles Simmonds, son, age 4, born Maidstone, Kent; Lilian May Simmonds, daughter, age 5 months, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham Kent, age 30 years & 7 months, height 5ft 7½ inches. Resided 5 Jupps Cottages, Cuxton, Rochester, Kent. Formerly cement labourer.

18th December 1914, enlisted; 22nd December 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

6th April 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Laura Elizabeth Simmonds, 5 Jupps Cottages, Cuxton, Rochester; Children - Daisy Simmonds, 4th February 1905; William Charles Simmonds, 26th November 1906; Lilian May Simmonds, 12th October 1910; Father, not heard of for 9 years, but not heard of his death; Mother, none; Brothers - none; Sisters - none;

Buried Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No. 2, I. B. 3.Ieper, West-Vlaanderenand, Belgium. and St. Michael's Church, Cuxton, Kent.

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