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Name: SIMMONS, Francis R. (Lance Corporal)
Birth Date: ?1869
Death Date: ?1929 Willesden
Nationality: British
First Date: 1895
Last Date: 1898
Profession: Road building
Married: ?Florence Catherine
Book Reference: North
General Information:
North - EAP Mil. - "A" Troop Bridging Batt, RE; member of Capt. B.L. Sclater road building party, arr. EA May 1895; Mau Sept. 1896; ill in Mombasa Hospital for 9 days with fever between Feb & May 1897; dep. Naivasha for Machakos 12/11/1897 attached to the Maj. J.R.L. Macdonald 'Jubaland' expedition when at Samburu in charge of carts 14/7/1897; dep. Mombasa on leave 19/6/1898; did not return to EA