The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W S Simons

Private William Samuel SIMONS, G/8460, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 24th August 1918, age 39.

Born Walworth, SE, son of William Samuel & Elizabeth Simons, of 42, Durham Street, Vauxhall, London.

23rd January 1905, St Mary, Newington, Southwark, William Samuel Simons, age 26, bachelor, gold printer, 54 Peacock Street, father William Samuel Simons, labourer, married *Eleanor (Jenny) May, age 23, spinster, 54 Peacock Street, father Walter May, brass finished. *born 29th August 1880.

Children - Eleanor Elizabeth E Simons, born 21st May 1905;

1911 Census - William Samuel Simons, head, age 32, married, gold printers labourer, gold blacker, worker, born Southwark, London; Eleanor Simons, wife, age 30, married 6 years, 1 child, still alive, office cleaner, builder, worker, born Southwark, London; Eleanor Simons, daughter, age 5, born Newington, London.

Children - William Herbert Simons, born 27th July 1913.

Enlisted Camberwell, SE. Resided 145 G Block, Guinness Buildings, Brandon Street, Walworth, London.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, France.

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