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Victor Herman Simon M.C. "Tubby"
Born:
7 Adar I 5646 (12 February 1886)
Died:
15 Sivan 5677 (05 June 1917)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
SIM2144
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
7 Adar I 5646 (12 February 1886)
Place of birth:
Didsbury
Death
Date of death:
15 Sivan 5677 (05 June 1917)
Died in combat?:
Yes
Place of death:
France
Cause of death:
Killed in Action
Burial place:
Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery
M.C. Citation
Places
Schools
Name:
Rugby School
Name:
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Family
Siblings
Ernest Simon (male)
Eleanor Christadora Simon (female)
Margaret Antonia Simon (female)
Parents
Father: Henry Simon (male)
Mother: Emily Stoehr (female)
Military Record
Military service:
Army
Date enlisted/conscripted:
20 December 1905
Date discharged/death:
05 June 1917
Rank at discharge/death:
Major
Assignments
Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Battalion/unit:
3rd Field Squadron
Campaigns:
Loos
Medals:
Military Cross
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Rank:
Major
Date of Death:
05 June 1917
Age:
31 years old
Regiment / service:
Royal Engineers, 3rd Field Sqdn.
Cemetery:
Villers-faucon Communal Cemetery, France
Grave reference:
A. 26.
Additional information:
Personal inscription:
NOT IN LENGTH BUT IN FULNESS DOES THE PERFECT LIFE CONSIST
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