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Originally Posted by Blackadder1916

"Simmons" (her birth name) doesn't sound very Slavic.

And a possible to account for some WW1 service, but does not explain the Pip, Squeak and Wilfred so it may be a different person.

http://discovery.nationalarchives.go..._dt=AW&_hb=tna

Thanks, you may be right - I'm not an expert on Slavic names. I obviously mistook her married (spouse's) name as her birth name. Apologies. Be interesting to know in which part/administrative region of the Ottoman Empire she was born.