Son of Timothy and Maria Simister, of 6, Lyon Street, Roe Green, Worsley, Lancashire. Formerly lodged with Mrs. Hunt, of 43, Bolton Road, Walkden, Lancashire. Enlisted January 1915. Reported wounded and missing, and subsequently presumed dead.
Simister, William –
Personal details
- Surname: Simister
- Forename: William
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Worsley, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Walkden, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 22
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: October 26th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 19701
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- Men of Worsley Memorial - Worsley
- Royal British Legion (Boothstown) WWI Memorial - Worsley
- St. Mark's C.E. Church Memorial - Worsley
- CWGC Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: Panel 102 to 104.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 15/01/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 07/12/1917 28/12/1917 23/08/1918 13/12/1918 27/12/1918