Second Lieutenant NORMAN YOUNG SIM
Regiment & Unit/Ship
London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
9th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 09 September 1916
Age 24 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Killed in action at Bouleaux Wood, near Combles, while voluntarily serving as a stand, no other suitable emplacement being available for a Lewis gun, which it was necessary to get into action quickly. Son of the late Andrew Sim, and of Mary Sim, of Trio, Links, Peddie, Cape Province, South Africa.
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