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Military service
Service number:
192688
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
September 1, 1891
Death:
October 6, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Jane Sim, of Mains of Tillery, Udny Station, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the late William Sim.
Digital gallery of Private Alfred Sim
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Badge
Cap badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Sim was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of Alfred Sim
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (Front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (Reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Circumstances of death registers
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred Sim
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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