Bedfordshire Police Constable D A Simcox

• Korean War (1950-1953)
  Total names on memorial: 1
  Served and returned: 0
  Died: 1
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: Police rank, forenames, surname, place of death, date of death
  Order of information: Undefined

• Tablet
  Measurements: depth 40mm, height 210 mm, width 470 mm
  Materials: Wood, Marble - Sicilian

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• CONSTABLE D A SIMCOX
• WMO ID: 115716
• Condition: Good [last updated on 04-02-2019]
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Site: £68

• On 30/3/1951 the Bedfordshire Times reported: General Douglas MacArthur has sent a personally-signed letter of condolence to Mr. Ernest Simcox, of 76 Westbourne Road. Bedford, whose officer son, Douglas Simcox, killed on active service in Korea, was known to the General at his United Nations Command Headquarters. “The untimely and tragic loss your son, Douglas, has shocked us all deeply”, wrote the General. "Our faith enables us to withstand the shock, and grief of death." www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000750/19510330/151/0005
• Bedfordshire Times and Independent 23/2/1951 (page 5) reported: 'O.B.M. KILLED IN KOREA. Athlete, Boxer, and Former Constable. An O.B.M. and former member of "B" Division of Bedfordshire County Police, Lieut. Douglas Arthur Simcox, of Westbourne Road, Bedford, was killed in action in Korea on 16th February. On the Army Reserve of Officers he was transferred to the Bedfs. and Herts. Regiment Reserve and recalled on 1st September 1950. Aged 23. Lieut. Simcox had had a varied military career. At Bedford Modern School, which he left in 1945, he was School captain of boxing, a notable gymnast and athlete, and a sergeant in the J.T.C. Subsequently he was commissioned in the 5th Gurkha Rifles, later transferring to the Royal Artillery. Released in 1948, he joined the County Constabulary in February, 1949, being stationed in Bedford. After his recall in September, Lieut. Simcox was sent to Kure, Japan, from whence, later, he joined the 1st Gloucestershire Regiment in Korea. For a time he was serving with the “Diehards" (1st Middlesex Regiment), but was transferred back to the Gloucestershires on 6th February. The parents of Lieut. Simcox, who was unmarried, live in Westbourne Road'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000750/19510223/164/0005
• Our record WMR 106662 relates to Douglas' inscription on his family grave in Foster Hill Road Cemetery, Bedford. www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/106662
• Our record WMR 7641 relates to Douglas' memorial in Bedford Modern School www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7641
• A photo of Douglas' headstone in South Korea can be found at www.findagrave.com/memorial/20722092/da-simcox
• Douglas is buried in grave 126, row 2, section 4 in the UN Cemetery at Busan (formerly known as Pusan) in South Korea. veterans.mod.uk/roll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=X1857