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Name William George Simon
Regiment 16th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Lance Coporal 16/941
Military Cemetery/Memorial Thiepval Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Pier and Face 10B, 11B and 12B
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action in France 1st July 1916 aged 25yrs
Biographical Details Known William George Simon was the son of George Simon a solicitor and his wife Jane of Nant y Glyn, Nerquis, Mold. The 1901 census lists three sons Robert 9, William 9 and Trefor 6. There was one daughter, Gwen who was 1. There were four servants.
By 1911 the father was dead and the widowed Jane was living in Islwyn, Mold with her mother who was 81 Mary Owen, a nephew Hugh Owen 10 and her daughter Gwen who was 11. There was one servant. Her sons were not at home and we haven't located them yet. It would seem from the cutting below that Mrs Simon remarried and became mrs Roberts
Regiment 16th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Lance Coporal 16/941
Military Cemetery/Memorial Thiepval Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Pier and Face 10B, 11B and 12B
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action in France 1st July 1916 aged 25yrs
Biographical Details Known William George Simon was the son of George Simon a solicitor and his wife Jane of Nant y Glyn, Nerquis, Mold. The 1901 census lists three sons Robert 9, William 9 and Trefor 6. There was one daughter, Gwen who was 1. There were four servants.
By 1911 the father was dead and the widowed Jane was living in Islwyn, Mold with her mother who was 81 Mary Owen, a nephew Hugh Owen 10 and her daughter Gwen who was 11. There was one servant. Her sons were not at home and we haven't located them yet. It would seem from the cutting below that Mrs Simon remarried and became mrs Roberts
County Herald 7th May 1915