Name: William Vazil Langdalf Simons
School Number: 167 (1907-1909)
Service Details: Royal Field Artillery (T.F.) Details (Alexandria) Royal Flying Corps
Rank: Fitter Staff Serjeant
Service No: 740028
Military Medal, 26th March 1917
Death: Killed in flying accident, 25th January 1918
Family: Son of Vazie and Maud Simons. Born in Glamorganshire.
Burial: Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery
- Casualties 661
- Ismailia is a small town on the west side of the Suez Canal. The cemetery was begun in February 1915 following an unsuccessful attack on the town by Turkish forces (this action was later commemorated by the French with a memorial at Gebel Mariam), and continued to be used for burials from camps and hospitals in and around Ismailia and nearby Moascar.
- After the Armistice, the cemetery was enlarged when graves were brought in from other cemeteries in the area and from isolated sites. In 1956, the adjoining Indian cemetery was absorbed into the War Memorial Cemetery.
Colston's Commemmoration 