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Hi
I have a QSA to 6606 Pte T.Simons Rl Lancs Regt.
I can not find this name on medal rolls & the only one i found was to T.Simms could this be him ?????
Thanks

KLaw,

It is more likely that my data is incomplete.

There is a 6606 Pte T Simons on the roll for the 3rd Royal Lancaster Regiment (WO100/168p263). He earned clasps CC and OFS and died 16 June 1900. I cannot see him on the published casualty roll (which we know to be inaccurate).

Steve Watt's In Memoriam has 6607 Pte T Simms of the 3rd battalion as dying of disease 21 June 1901 at Sand River.

By the roll definitely has Simons but I could see how this could be mis-read:

Usually the papers for those who died were destroyed.

However, there are some papers for 6606 Thomas Simms. Born 1882 in Manchester.

There are available for a fee from FindMyPast or free at the National Archives, London.

From Find My Past.....

First name(s) T
Last name Sims
Event unit 3 Battalion The King's Own (Royal Lancaster)
Event source SAFF
Service number 6607
Country Great Britain
Rank Private
Notes [Anglo-Boer War Memorials Project] Simms
Regiment 3 Battalion The King's Own (Royal Lancaster)
Record set Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902
Year 1899-1902
Category Military Service & Conflict
Biography -
Subcategory Boer Wars
Memorials Priory & Parish Church St Mary's. Regimental Chapel north wall, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
Event detail Died Disease on 17/06/1900 at Bloemfontein

There is a T Simms on the monument in Lancaster: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-...aster-regiment#69066