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Military service
Service number:
770250
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
January 31, 1879
Death:
May 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 7.
Additional information
Husband of Mrs. Florence Sims, of 113, Mavety St., Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Brightwell Sims
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Inscription (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Brightwell Sims
Digital gallery of
Private John Brightwell Sims
Digital gallery of
Private John Brightwell Sims
Digital gallery of
Private John Brightwell Sims
Digital gallery of
Private John Brightwell Sims
Digital gallery of
Private John Brightwell Sims
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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