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Private CHARLES SIMS

Service Number: 18661
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

16th Entrenching Bn., late 6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1918

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION

1. F. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George and Eleanor Sims, of 3 West Bradley St., Skipton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES NEATH THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 1008
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