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Military service
Service number:
148691
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
May 6, 1894
Russell, Manitoba
Enlistment:
January 24, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 11, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. AA. 15
Additional information
Son of Katherine and Matthew Simms of Russell, Manitoba.
Additional citations
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Simms
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Private William Simms -
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. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Simms
Digital gallery of
Private William Simms
Digital gallery of
Private William Simms
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 500 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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