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Rifleman JOHN FREDERICK SIMMONDS

Service Number: 5053293
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

V. C. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Sarah Simmonds, of Smethwick, Staffordshire; husband of Iris Maud Simmonds, of Smethwick.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN MY HEART YOUR MEMORY IS KEPT I LOVED YOU TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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