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Rifleman MELVIN HARRY MAURICE SIMS

Service Number: 2961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

"C" Coy. 1st/16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE

III. C. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Emily A. Sims, of 30, Kingswood Avenue, Kilburn, London, and the late Harry William Sims.
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1356
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