Simon Mount

Age 41        Married with nine children

Private 20641
7^th Bn., Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.)

Died from an accident on
Saturday 27^th May 1916

Simon was born and lived in Lancaster until he married in 1895, after which the couple moved to Wiswell, Nr Whalley.  Simon was employed as a builder and he worked throughout the Clitheroe area. 

In 1897 Simon began work as a maintenance man at Messrs Steiner & Co, Calico Printworks, Sabden.  The couple, along with their two children moved to Pendle Street East, Sabden.  They went on to have a total of nine children, whose ages ranged from 2 to 19 years old.

In August 1915, Simon enlisted into the King's Own Royal Lancasters.  Following a short period of training his regiment was sent out to France and after four months he was allowed home on leave for a few days.  Five weeks after he had returned to France, Mrs Mount received the following letter from the sister in charge of No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station, France announcing the death of her husband. 

“I am very sorry to tell you your husband was brought in here to No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station last night, suffering from the effects of a fall, and was quite unconscious.  Everything possible was done for him, but he never regained consciousness, and passed quietly away at one o-clock this afternoon.  He will be laid to rest in a part of the cemetery here reserved for our brave troops, and a little wooden cross, bearing the name and date, marks each resting place.  The name of place and number of grave will be sent to you later from headquarters.  I enclose a lock of his hair you may like to have.  With much sympathy, yours sincerely,

L. E. Jolley, Sister in Charge.”

A day later she also received a letter from the Church of England Chaplain, an extract from which reads -:

“The men have taken your husband's death very much to heart and they thought rather than buy flowers they would send you a token of sympathy.  I know you will except it as such, and will do with it what you think best.  Their kind action touched my heart as I am sure it will touch yours.”

Simon was buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

 In Sabden he has been remembered on both the School and Church Plaques.