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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
88
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Enlistment:
September 2, 1914
Death:
August 17, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. I. 22.
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Emily Simms, of Fogo, Newfoundland. Brother of Edgar Simms of the Newfoundland Forestry Corps.
Additional citations
Military Medal, London Gazette No. 30340, dated 18 October 1917.
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment Insignia
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Biography
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Private John Henry Simms
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Private John Henry Simms
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Private John Henry Simms
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 114 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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