Source: October 1916 casualty.
Family Search: When Lance-Corporal Allen Simmons was born on 10 December 1889, in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Caleb Simmons, was 38 and his mother, Maria Ward Noon, was 37. He immigrated to Canada in 1913. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as labourer in St. Thomas, Elgin, Ontario, Canada. He died on 3 October 1916, in Courcelette, Somme, France, at the age of 26.
