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Pte. Guy Simons
British Army 1st/8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Prittlewell, Essex
(d.19th September 1916)
Guy Simons was the second son of Emily and Alfred Simons of Prittlewell, Essex. He enlisted on the 24th of March 1916, aged 18. He is listed as a Furniture Assistant and was 5ft 7 1/2".
He is recorded as killed in action on the 19th of September 1916. His Brigade was in the area of Leuze Wood and Bouleaux Wood and 245 Other Ranks died between 15th and 18th of September 1916.
He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. I am a proud sprig on his family tree