MILITARY SERVICE RECORD & CIVILIAN CAREER

SIMMONS, Kenneth M.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date and place of birth: 21 Jul 1934

Next of kin address: Winkfield, Berkshire

MILITARY SERVICE

Date and place of enlistment: 07 Sep 1949, Army Recruiting Office, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Regimental Number: Restricted

G.S.C. 07 Sep 1949 – 25 Jul 1952:

Company: 'B' ● Squad: 17 ● Trade: Vehicle Mechanic ● Rank: Apprentice Tradesman

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 2 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 40 of 1950)

Military Band: Flute

Trade Qualification: Vehicle Mechanic Class 3 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 62 of 1952)

R.E.M.E.

Posting: wef 29 Aug 1952: 27 Command Workshops REME, Warminster, Wiltshire (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 63 of 1952)

Posting: 71 Heavy Anti-Aircraft LAD, Egypt

Posting: Station Workshop, Episcopi, Cyprus

Posting: 5 Battalion, Singapore District Workshop

Artificer Training Course: School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Arborfield

Posting: 2 Infantry Workshop, Malacca, Malaya

Posting: 9^th/12^th Osnabruck, BAOR

Posting: 4 Armoured Workshop (Forward Repair Group).

ASM: 1^st Green Howards

ASM: 1^st Kings Own Borderers

ASM: 11 Field Workshop

Commissioned: 15 Field Workshop, Catterick

OC: 19 Tank Transporter Squadron Workshop. Note: After six months my position was down-graded to a WOII rank posting, as were many others at Royal Corps of Transport Workshops, to come under the umbrella of 27 LSG Regiment RCT which I then took over, filling the appointment of EME.

Discharge

Date & place: May 1979

CIVILIAN CAREER

Environmental Health & Safety Officer with an International (American owned) Chemical Recycling Company, with the task of setting up the Environmental Health & Safety Policies. There I remained until 1997 when I managed to let them give me a slightly early retirement.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

MARITAL & FAMILY STATUS

IN RETIREMENT

I now live in Bracknell with my wife, and close by are our two daughters with their spouses and families. We have 5 grandchildren.

I have taken up part-time employment with two local Council Children’s Homes. All-in-all I enjoy a fairly active retirement.

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