In Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, France is the Commonwealth War Grave of 5985 Private William Fitzsimmons, serving with the VI Corps Cyclist Battalion  Army Cycle Corps who died 04/10/1916.

The husband of Mary K. Barry (formerly Fitzsimmons), of II, Milbury Street, Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.

Derek Johnstone has submitted the following:

William Fitzsimmons was born at Seaham Harbour, Sunderland. He enlisted at Bedlington and was originally in the Northumberland Fusiliers (14416).

In 1912 he was living with the Golding family at Beechgrove, Bedlington. William, a coalminer, married in 1912 Mary K. Naylor, registered at Newcastle.

William Fitzsimmons is remembered in Bedlington on B15.02, B15.11 B15.17 and in B15.26 page 1.