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Military service
Service number:
A/461
Age:
27
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
July 11, 1916
Timmins, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 9, 1940
Camp Borden, Ontario
Death:
June 11, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. A. 21.
Additional information
Son of William E. and Catherine Simmons, of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; husband of Olive Simmons, of Timmins.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Simmons
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Photo of William Simmons
This photo of Sgt Simmons was taken in 1940 in Canada. Sgt. Simmons'cousin, WO 1 (RSM) Harry Fox, of the QOR of C, kindly supplied the photo. Sgt Simmons was one of the 150+ Canadians murdered by the 12 SS Panzer Division in Normandy. -
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Sergeant William Simmons
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Simmons
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Simmons
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Commemorated on:
Page 443 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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