In Memory Of

SIMMONDS, PETER HUGH SWAYNE

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1914-02-04
Service No:
 81020
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 237 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-04-14
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Gladiator I K7984, aircraft accident, Tel Kotchek Aerodrome, near Mosul, Iraq
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 1. D. 1.
Cemetery:
 MOSUL WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Iraq
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 24 September 1941 pg. 5574
Son of Hugh and Irene Simmonds, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Catherine Simmonds. Entered Gaul House in January 1927, leaving Plumtree in December 1932. School Record : House Prefect, January, 1932; School Prefect, March, 1932; Lance-Corporal in Cadets; committee member of Debating Society. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour