Service Details
Name:
 SIMMONDS
Given Name:
 PETER HUGH SWAYNE
Initials:
 P H S
Service No:
 81020
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 237 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-14
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Date of Birth:
 1914-02-04
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Gladiator I K7984, aircraft accident, Tel Kotchek Aerodrome, near Mosul, Iraq
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 24 September 1941 pg. 5574
Additional
Information:
Son of Hugh and Irene Simmonds, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Catherine Simmonds. Entered Gaul House in January 1927, leaving Plumtree in December 1932. School Record : House Prefect, January, 1932; School Prefect, March, 1932; Lance-Corporal in Cadets; committee member of Debating Society. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Iraq
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Cemetery:
 MOSUL WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. D. 1.

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