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Private GEORGE SIMS

Service Number: 21501
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. C. 63.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ben and Sarah Sims, of Thurnscoe East, Rotherham; husband of Sarah Ann Sims, of 2, Spencer St., Wath Rd., Mexborough, Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 549
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