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Richard Simmers

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Richard Simmers

August 19, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

703020

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Coy. 102nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

June 28, 1886

Son of Robert and Agnes Simmers, of 1523, Edgware Rd., Victoria, British Columbia. Born at Edinburgh, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

L. 4.

Location:

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, in the village of Dikkebus itself. ( * Dikkebus is the modern spelling of Dickebusch). From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375), is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J. Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M. Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg. On reaching the village of Dikkebus, the DICKEBUSH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located on the Kerkstraat, which is a small street turning left off the Dikkebusseweg. 200 metres along this street, and just beyond the village church lies the cemetery. This cemetery lies opposite Dickebusch New Military Extension.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– 9 August 2019, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group).

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    Grave marker – 9 August 2019, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group).
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 8, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y233uvic/mode/1up?view=theater.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 8, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y233uvic/mode/1up?view=theater.
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  • Gravemarker

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  • Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance

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    Dickebushe Cemetery's Entrance

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