We remember Melvin Harry Maurice Sims

We remember Melvin Harry Maurice Sims

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Timeline

Timeline

1893
birth Source:8553705 1893
1916
service British Army Rifleman 2961 London Regiment Queens Westminster Rifles Source:8553705 1916
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8553702 27th June 1916
1916
dates Age 23 Source:8553705 1st July 1916
enlistment Westminster United Kingdom Source:8553706
service British Army Private 550734 London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion Source:4047126
location Brondesbury United Kingdom Source:8553706
1916
death Killed in Action France Source:8553705 Source:8553706 1st July 1916
burial Gommecourt British Cemetery No 2 CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Hebuterne, Pas de Calais France III. C. 2. Source:8553705

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Melvin Harry Maurice
Initials MHM
Last Name Sims
Source 8553706
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Brondesbury United Kingdom
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 550734 London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion Private
British Army 2961 London Regiment Queens Westminster Rifles Rifleman
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Emily A mother
Harry William Sims father

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Medal Index Cards Transcription Selena49658
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Selena49658
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Selena49658
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Selena49658
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Selena49658

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Multimedia

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Barclays Bank - We Will Remember Them James201
Detail Page from Barclays Bank Book of Remembrance James201
Barclays Bank printed Roll of Honour James201
Original Barclays Bank Memorial James201
Barclays Bank Pall Mall East Branch Memorial James201

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