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Private JOHN SIMMS

Service Number: 4350909
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 July 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

5. E. 23.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Sarah Simms, of Pontefract, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH SIMMS PONTEFRACT, YORKSHIRE. "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1816
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