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Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bradfield, Berkshire [1]

Bundilkhund, India [1]

Camberwell London [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Dunstable [1]

Dymock, Gloucestershire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Herne Hill England [1]

Hobart, Tasmania [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lucknow, India [1]

Putney England [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh [1]

Weedon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

West Ham, ESSEX [1]

Rank

Private [52]

Captain [9]

Major [8]

Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [3]

Driver [3]

Serjeant [3]

Commander [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Major [1]

Company Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Hariana Lancers [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Reserve of Officers/Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

36th Jacobs [1]

7th Lancers [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Catholic Club [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Pactolus [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Headquarters Line of Communication [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Cavalry Regiment [1]

Jacob's Horse Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps Eastern Command [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [100]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Royal Navy [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [135]

B [2]

Contribution

Military Service [133]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [137] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Smethwick, Staffordshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bradfield, Berkshire [1] Bundilkhund, India [1] Camberwell London [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Dunstable [1] Dymock, Gloucestershire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Herne Hill England [1] Hobart, Tasmania [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lucknow, India [1] Putney England [1] Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh [1] Weedon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] West Ham, ESSEX [1]

Rank

Private [52] Captain [9] Major [8] Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [3] Driver [3] Serjeant [3] Commander [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Company Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Rifleman [1] Signaller [1] Staff Nurse [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [10] Labour Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Army Service Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Essex Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Hariana Lancers [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Reserve of Officers/Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] 36th Jacobs [1] 7th Lancers [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Catholic Club [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Pactolus [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Headquarters Line of Communication [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Cavalry Regiment [1] Jacob's Horse Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] King's African Rifles [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps Eastern Command [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [100] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Royal Navy [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [135] B [2]

Contribution

Military Service [133] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Sidney Scarlett Simonds

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army 1434 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Cecil Barrow Simonds

Born 1867

Died 1960

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Henry James Simonds

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 29017 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 135426 Private Labour Corps London Command Labour Centre

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Charles Simonds

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307806

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James Simonds

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45350

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John De Luze Simonds

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Tom Simonds

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant HMS Pactolus

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Philip James Simonds

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201935

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Victor Alfred John Simonds

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62638

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Victor Hubert Simonds

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217801

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William Newby Simonds

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 226 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 314077 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Gates Simonds

Died 1917

British Army 13181 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Herbert G Simonds

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 7853 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 329157 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Arthur Edgar Simonds

Australian Imperial Force N94804

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Albert Agnilla Simonds

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2353 Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 21986 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21986 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Charles Henville Simonds

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Ernest Hugh Simonds

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 18018 Private Essex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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John Simonds

Died 1918

British Army 1553 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 48346 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Simonds

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 50371 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Joseph Simonds

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 14632 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 682522 Private London Regiment

British Army 5273 Private London Regiment

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