BORN GRIMSBY, 1890. SON OF JOHN & ELLEN SIMON, 94 DE GREY STREET. ONE OF THREE CHILDREN. BROTHER GEORGE AND SISTER IVY. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 92 BRUNSWICK AVENUE IN 1911. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND WAS AN OIL SEED MERCHANT CLERK. ENLISTED HULL ON THE 13/11/1915. DESCRIBED AS ONLY 5 FOOT 1 INCH TALL, 104 LBS, CHEST 31 INCHES, BUT FIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE. ARRIVED FRANCE 3/6/16. KILLED AT OPPY WOOD ON 3/05/1917, AGED 26.
Private Herbert Sidney Simon 21806. Unit: 10th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 03 May 1917 Missing Western Front
Son of John and Ellen Simon, of 94, De Grey St., Hull. CWGC has date of death as 3 May 1917. Commemorated on Arras Memorial
First name:
HERBERT SIDNEY
Military Number:
21806
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
26
