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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the
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Herbert
(H.J.) (Jack) Simmons
V49240,
RCNVR
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SIMMONS,
Herbert (H.J.)
(Jack), V49240, RCNVR - Date of passing unknown
Jack
was survived by his wife Jean who passed away 12 Oct 2011. Jean's obituary is
listed below. It appears that the photos of Albert, Robert and
William Brown from Jack's collection are Jean's brothers.
Simmons,
Jean - Passed away peacefully at Taunton Mills on Wednesday, October
12th, 2011 at the age of 91. Loving daughter of the late Olive and
Robert Brown. Beloved wife of the late Herbert "Jack".
Jean was a loved sister of Audrey (John Savage), Bob (Gwen Brown),
Al Brown, Ruth (Frank Smythe), William and Jean Brown. She will be
dearly missed by many nieces and nephews, as well as by special
friend Mathew Boah and family. Jean will be fondly remembered for
her love of travel and animals. She will be missed by her travel
mates. As per Jean's wishes there will be no formal service and
private interment will take place at a later date. Arrangements
entrusted to Oshawa Funeral Home, 847 King St. West (905-721-1234).
Memorial donations will be gratefully accepted for David Sheldrick
Foundation in Kenya or Durham Region Humane Society (Oshawa).
If
anyone can provide any additional information of H.J. Simmons, they
are requested to EMAIL
the webmaster. Thank you
Ships
served in:
HMCS
Saskatchewan H70
MLQ053
MLQ088
ML Q099
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The
photos below are from the photo album of H.J. Simmons that was donated to RCSCC Bowmanville, Ont. This album was
scanned and some of the photo relating to Jack's wartime service are
shown here. Not all the photos are posted here - some have been
placed in the galleries of the ship they pertain to. From
the photos is appears that Jack served on HMCS Saskatchewan H70 but
it is also possible he served on Fairmile MLs Q053, Q088 and Q099 as
there were 3 Christmas cards in this album from those three
Fairmiles with Jack's signature.
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(1) H.J. Simmons (2) This
photo was labeled Jack and Bill Shill on HMCS Saskatchewan. In this
photo they are on the fo'c's'le of a Fairmile motor launch. It
is not known if, when this photo was taken, they were still crew
members of HMCS Saskatchewan H70 and had a photo taken on a Fairmile
or if the photo was mis-labelled and they were in fact crew members
of one of the Fairmiles. (3) This image is double exposed but shows two
unknown destroyers with a submarine between them. Date and
place unknown (4) Unknown destroyer (5) unknown sailor
(6) (L-R): H.J. (Jack) Simmons, unknown,
William Brown (7) H.J. Simmons (left) and friends in Kingston,
Jamaica (8) Newspaper article on 3 brothers who are on
active service - Albert, Robert and William Brown |
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(9) unknown group of sailors enjoying some beach
time (10) unknown sailor (11) unknown sailor (12) Sailors, ship and place unknown (possibly
Kingston, Jamaica)
Webmaster's note: These
4 identical photos (9-12) are also found in the collection
of AB John A. Carpenter.
It is apparent that both H.J. Simmons and John Carpenter
served in the same ship ... it is just not known which ship
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(13) George Parker (14) George Faraday, Halifax, May 1942
(15) George Faraday on unknown ship, Sep 1942 (16) Albert Brown, Nov 1940
(17) Albert Brown, Jan 1942 (18) Doug Watson, 1941
(19) Robert Brown 1940 (20) William Brown 1940 |
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(21)
unknown sailor (22) unknown sailor (23) Newspaper article on the warships of the RCN
that were lost during WW II (24) Wedding announcement for Mr. & Mrs. H.J.
Simmons (25) University Avenue Toronto 1942. William and Robert Brown are in this group
(26-27) Newspaper article on 100 new entries traveling
from HMCS York, Toronto to Esquimalt by train. Note: this article was folded in half over the
edge of the photo album page. The missing text
between the two sections from the result of the fold is: "the gals do like sailors. In Calgary
they" (28) Newspaper article on 100 new entries traveling
from HMCS York, Toronto to Esquimalt by train |
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(29)
A few of the 100 sailors traveling from HMCS York, Toronto,
Ont., to Esquimalt by train during WW II (30) L-R: William (Bill) Brown, Robert (Bob) Brown
and John Platt (31) L-R: William (Bill) Brown, John Platt and
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S.T. Class 5, May 1943
1st
Row: H. Sanderson, B. Fallin, Jack Simmons, W. Robinson, D.
Herman, J.E. Clancy
2nd
Row: H. Parnell, G.H. Olsen, B. Cormack, J. Bloomer, M. Eurke,
M.R. Jenkins, William Rudy
3rd
Row: N.J. Lowman, L. Helm, L.S. KelseyV.E. Hemelmass??, S.G.
Johnston
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