Fitter Gunner Edward Simkin (No: 52654)

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Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Hamlet:

Village: Wolsingham

Parish: Wolsingham

Enlisted: Tuesday, November 17, 1914, Sunderland (aged 21)

Regiment: Royal Garison Artillary

Battalion:

Conflict: First World War

War Record: Yes

Discharge Status:

Next of Kin: Son of Edward Simkin of Station Road, Wolsingham

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Notes

Occupation on enlistment - Fitter & Turner - Applied to re-enlist as a Fitter Gunner in 1923 but was turned down owing to have been de-mobilised due to being medically unfit

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