The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F R Simmonds

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Private Frank Randall SIMMONDS, G/25363, 11th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 20th September 1917.

Born Chithurst, Sussex, son of **William & *Mary Ann Simmonds.  *died 1899;  **died 1903.

1911 Census - Malthouse, Chithurst near Rogate, Petersfield, Sussex - Henry Baker, head, age 32, married, Mill Hand general, papermills, worker. born Liss, Hampshire; Minnie Baker, wife, age 32, married 8years, 2 children, both still alive, born Iping, Sussex; Victor Baker, son, age 7, school, born Iping, Sussex; May Baker, daughter, age 5, born Iping, Sussex; Frank Simmonds, brother in law, age 17, under carter, farm, worker, born Iping, Sussex.

Enlisted Horsham, Sussex.  Resided Warnham, Sussex.

1916 December Quarter, Horsham, Sussex Registration District, Frank R Simmonds, married Winifred M Cooper.

Widow - Winifred Maud Simmonds, born 20th May 1897.

Buried at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, VIII. C. 31., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated on Warnham War Memorial.