SIMMONS, Ronald
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Rank:
Marine (later Corporal)
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH/X2889
P.O.W. number:
42965
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, December 8, 1921
Died :
Wednesday, February 11, 1976
Age:
54
Ronald Simmons, a Metal Trimmer from Essex, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 14 February 1939. He served on HMS Southampton engaged in North Sea Patrols before volunteering in 1942 for the newly raised RM Commando. Marine Simmons was wounded and a prisoner of war on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe France. Post war served in Palestine, rank Corporal.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/287/2.
Gallery image of 10 Platoon 'X' Coy., the RM Commando (later re-designated 40RM Commando).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/287/2.
Gallery image of 10 Platoon 'X' Coy., the RM Commando (later re-designated 40RM Commando).
Prisoners of War - Naval Forces / National Archives file WO392/7.
[Images] His son Malcolm.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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