Name
William Sims
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/06/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
G/4748
East Surrey Regiment
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
II. E. 166.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Christchurch Memorial, Chorleywood
Memorial Hall Plaque, Chorleywood
Pre War
Born in 1897 in Chorleywood Bottom, Hertfordshire son of Thomas and Annie (Crawley) Sims later of Honeysuckle Cottage, Chorleywood.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Watford and died of wounds.
Additional Information
Brother of Corporal Albert Henry Sims who was killed in action on 17 Feb 1917 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
