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Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

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Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Casterton Victoria [1]

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Granville New South Wales [1]

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Hobart [1]

Hughenden Queensland [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

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Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire [1]

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Spalding, Lincolnshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

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Private [24]

Lieutenant [18]

Captain [17]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Gunner [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

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Captain Adjutant [1]

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Commander [1]

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Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

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Orderly [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

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Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Scots/Staff [3]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Young Mens Christian Association [2]

34th Poona Horse [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/British Columbia Regiment [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Divisional Signal Company [1]

Divisional Train [1]

Draft [1]

East African Royal Engineers Volunteers and Telegraph Section [1]

Field Ambulance [1]

Fife Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General Hospital [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

Highland Light Infantry attached King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Indian Army [1]

Infantry/Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Light Cavalry Indian Army [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [82]

Royal Navy [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

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S [150]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Sierra Leone [1]

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People [151] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Marylebone, London [2] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Casterton Victoria [1] Dereham, Norfolk [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Granville New South Wales [1] Hackney, London [1] Hobart [1] Hughenden Queensland [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Spalding, Lincolnshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [24] Lieutenant [18] Captain [17] Second Lieutenant [10] Gunner [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [5] Driver [4] Sapper [3] Captain Acting Major [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain (Temporary) [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain Major [1] Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Corporal [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Pioneer [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Scots/Staff [3] Wellington Infantry Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Scots [2] Young Mens Christian Association [2] 34th Poona Horse [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/British Columbia Regiment [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Divisional Signal Company [1] Divisional Train [1] Draft [1] East African Royal Engineers Volunteers and Telegraph Section [1] Field Ambulance [1] Fife Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) [1] French Red Cross [1] General Hospital [1] HMS Good Hope [1] Highland Light Infantry attached King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Indian Army [1] Infantry/Highland Light Infantry [1] King's African Rifles [1] Light Cavalry Indian Army [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [82] Royal Navy [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

S [150] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [144] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [3] Sierra Leone [1]

Henry A R Simson

British Army M/23707 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M/23707 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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John Thomas Simson

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Aubrey Simson

British Army 37548 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Hendry Bruce Simson

British Army 7224 Sapper East African Royal Engineers Volunteers and Telegraph Section

British Army 7224 Sapper Divisional Signal Company

British Army 7224 Sapper Unattached List

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Herbert Simson

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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William Simson

British Army 4463 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 149614 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Henry John Simson

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert W Simson

British Army RTS/5092 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 46766 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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G O Simson

British Army Captain 34th Poona Horse

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Geoffrey Edmund Frederick Spicer-Simson

Born 1902

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Kedgwin Samuel Andrew Kenneth Barker-Simson

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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