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Corporal DAVID REES SIMS

Service Number: 7878932
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

8th

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1942

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXVII. B. 19.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Sims.
  • Personal Inscription I SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN IF YOU WHO LIVE BE FREE TO LIVE YOUR LIVES IN WORLD-WIDE UNITY
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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