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Private W SIMS

Service Number: 202323
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Harriet Sims, of 15, Pemberton Avenue Grove, Consett, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH GLORY BE TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 815
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