Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
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Family Search: When Frederick William George Simes Sr. was born in 1879, in Fulham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Simes, was 34 and his mother, Mary Hall, was 31. He married Bridget Sheahan on 2 August 1919, in London, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom in 1920 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1919, at the age of 40, his occupation is listed as machinist in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He died on 6 January 1927, in Broadview, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
Born 28 January 1879. Over age.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 