William George Simmonds (1876–1968) was a 20th-century draftsman, artist, craftsman, and — together with his wife Eve Simmonds, a musician and embroiderer — proprietor of a touring puppet theatre, who lived in Gloucestershire and who was part of the Arts and Crafts movement.
[2] During World War One, William was a designer, of both tanks and (with Geoffrey de Havilland) aircraft.
[1][2] After living for a time in Fovant, and then London, they moved to Far Oakridge in 1919, where together they ran a puppet theatre.
[2] On tour with the puppet theatre, William was, as with the local theatre group, a playwright and set designer, whilst Eve supplied the musical accompaniment on the spinet and was the costumer (both designing and making).
[2] In the year of William's death, 1968, the Cheltenham Art Gallery held an exhibition of his work, which included carvings, sculptures, paintings, drawings, and book designs.