See also

Charles Hyem Simons (1895-1979)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • shipping clerk4 5 6

  • Birth:

  • 4 Dec 1895

  • Grays, Essex, England1 2 7 4 5 6 3

  • Baptism:

  • 2 Feb 1896 (age 0)

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, High Street, Grays, Essex, England2

  •  

  • son of Charles Simons (clerk) and Ellen of 35 Clarence Road, born on 4th December 1895

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 5)

  • 35 Clarence Road, Grays, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Charles and Ellen, sisters Alice and Louisa, and brothers Frank and William. Born in Grays Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 15)

  • Duvals Walk, Chalk Row, Grays, Essex, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a junior clerk for Essex Education Committee and living in five rooms with his parents Charles and Ellen, sister Alice, and brothers Frank, William, Thomas and George. Born in Grays Essex

  • Military Service:

  • frm 1 Aug 1914 to 19 Oct 1914 (age 18)

  • British Army Essex Yeomanry no:10828

  •  

  • a footman who was 5' 9" tall with a chest of 35" and expansion 1½" being discharged as medically unfit

  • Military Service:

  • frm 7 Aug 1917 to 26 Nov 1919 (age 21-23)

  • British Army 20th Territorial Reserve Battalion no:3586059

  •  

  • a footman who was 5 8¼" tall with a chest of 34" and expansion of 3". Transferred to the Royal Engineers on 12th March 1918

  • Witness:

  • 20 Oct 1917 (age 21)

  • Charles Hyem Simons witnessed the marriage of Maurice Collyer and Alice Kate Simons on Saturday on 20 October 1917 at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, High Street, Grays, Essex, England

  • Medals:

  • 19 Apr 19209

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  • British War and Victory medals

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 25 yrs 6 mns)

  • Duvals Wharf, Grays, Essex, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a shipping clerk for P L A Tilbury Essex and living in five rooms with his parents Charles and Ellen, sister Ellen, and brothers William and George. Born in Grays Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 43)

  • 25 Wharf Road, Grays, Essex, England6

  •  

  • unmarried clerk for the Post of London as Charles A Symons living with his widowed father Charles, sister Ellen, a Mary Pierce, and a closed record. Born 4th December 1895

  • Administrator:

  • 1 Jun 1954 (age 58)

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    Charles Hyem Simons was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Charles Simons on Tuesday on 1 June 1954 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • Q2 1979 (age 83)

  • Torbay "Registration District", Devon, England3

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Orsett 1896 quarter:1 volume:4a page:470. Cit. Date: 18 September 2025.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Grays St. Peter and St. Paul baptisms 1895-1899 image:9 ref:D/P 382/1/10 page:6 entry:47. Cit. Date: 25 September 2025.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Torbay 1979 quarter:2 volume:21 page:2363. Cit. Date: 26 September 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9970 class:RG78 piece:524 registration district:192 sub-district:1 enumeration district:19 schedule:166. Cit. Date: 19 September 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:8924 registration district:192 sub-district:1 enumeration district:17 schedule:32. Cit. Date: 19 September 2025.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1544D page:2 line:29 letter code:DCLR. Cit. Date: 26 September 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1659 folio:104 page:5 schedule:32. Cit. Date: 19 September 2025.

8.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive Series:WO 363 regiment:Essex Yeomanry no:1082. Cit. Date: 25 September 2025.

9.

Ancestry British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Territorial Reserve 20th Battalion no:358605. Cit. Date: 25 September 2025.