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Private ALFRED SIMS

Service Number: 5188281
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY

VI. B. 13.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Jinny Sims; husband of Ivy May Sims, of Meir, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS IN THE ARMS OF JESUS, A BRITISH SOLDIER AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1152
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