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Corporal CHARLES WILLIAM SIMS

Service Number: 852839
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

5. G. 12.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Minnie Sims, of Ashford, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLOS WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. MUM, DAD & BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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