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Ernest Stanley Simmons

An Engineman with H.M. Drifter Michaelmas Daisy, Ernest died on 26th of November 1916 at the age of 19.

Ernest was born at Lowestoft on 25 December 1896, a son of James William and Rachel Annie Simmons. In 1901 his family lived at 26 Rochester Road, Kirkley. By 1911 his mother had died and his family still lived at Rochester Road. By 1915 heir address was 17 Lorne Road and later his father lived at 69 Lorne Park Road.

During World War One Ernest’s father was a Skipper with the Dover Patrol. 

Ernest joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 24 September 1915 and joined the drifter Michaelmas Daisy, LT 136. Ernest was killed when the drifter was sunk by a mine, in the Adriatic, off Santa Maria di Leuca. All hands were lost. 

Ernest's half-brother, William, served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and died in 1944.

Lived at

Ernest Simmons
69
Lorne Park Road
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.4666224, 1.7400609

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Naval
Regiment
Royal Naval Reserve
ServiceNumber
4134ES
Burial/Memorial
United Kingdom
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
19

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