Yukon who is who

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Henry Lovell “Harry” Simons (1878 – 1915)
	
Harry Simons was born in London and immigrated to Canada in 1901. He served three years with the Royal Canadian Dragoons before joining the North-West Mounted Police in 1903. He served in Dawson before he was discharged in 1909.((D. Blair Neatby and Michael Gates, //The Yukon Fallen of World War I.// Whitehorse: Whitehorse Legion Branch 254, 2018: 97.)) He was a teamster when he enlisted for service in the First World War in November 1914.((WWI Reg. #75473. November 11, 1914 in Vancouver. Attestation Paper, Library and Archives Canada))
 
Private Simons was killed in action in November 1915. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the British War Medal, and the Allied Victory Medal. He is buried in Belgium.((D. Blair Neatby and Michael Gates, //The Yukon Fallen of World War I.// Whitehorse: Whitehorse Legion Branch 254, 2018: 97.))