In Memory Of

SIMKINS, WALTER FRANCIS

Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
3rd Bn.
Unit 2:
attd. 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Date of Death:
1916-10-10
Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Edward Walter and Jessie Thompson Simkins, of 358, Longmarket St., Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Also served in German South West Africa.