10th Hussar DCM Posted 19 January , 2019 Share Posted 19 January , 2019 (edited) Any info on Henry Vincent Simmons would be much appreciated. Edited 19 January , 2019 by 10th Hussar DCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 19 January , 2019 Share Posted 19 January , 2019 (edited) #3671 Simmons would have enlisted between 16 and 19 Jan 1915 by my records - my record are mainly intended for 6th DLI but I have picked up 8th DLI stuff along the way. Craig Edited 20 January , 2019 by ss002d6252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 20 January , 2019 Share Posted 20 January , 2019 would this be him? Name: Henry Vincent Simmons to France 7.7.1916 Rank: Private Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal Regiment or Corps: Durham Light Infantry Regimental Number: 300891 Previous Units: 1/8th. Durh. L.I. 8/3671. Pte. a note on his medal roll W.O.Tel.No.32 M.S.2 B.d /11/1/18 Private and corporal with DLI then 2/Lt with 11th East Yorks, applied for medals 31.1.21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10th Hussar DCM Posted 29 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 29 May , 2019 Many thanks for your help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 29 May , 2019 Share Posted 29 May , 2019 (edited) Commissioned E Yorks Regt, according to MIC, 11/1/18. Not sure that is correct looking at LG - possibly commissioned earlier. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30461/supplement/423 indicates 18/12/17 Relinquished commissioned 30/9/21 - still with E Yorks. Applied for his medals in 1921. Address then Bentley, Doncaster https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C732545 Born 31/7/1887 (Ingleton) (census and death reg). Died 3/12/1977 (Scarborough)(probate). Traced him in electoral rolls in Doncaster until late 1940s. He was a schoolmaster. Married Edith Ladbroke 15/6/1918, St Mary's, Wheatley. Living in a schoolhouse in the 1920s. In 1939 list in station road Bentley/Arksey. Baptised Ingleton 28/8/1887, Father John Henry. Mother Margaret Jane. 1911 census at Bede. Showing as boarder - aged 22 - a year out Edited 29 May , 2019 by Mark1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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