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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Death:
April 14, 1945
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 15.
Additional information
Son of Frederick George and Annie Florence Sims, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Commemorated on the Captain Frederick James Sims Plaque.
Digital gallery of Captain Frederick James Sims
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Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Frederick Sims
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Grave marker
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Photo of Frederick Sims
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Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2658 Capt Frederic James Sims (RMC 1937) was the son of Frederick George and Annie Florence Sims, of Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Regiment. He was killed in action on April 14, 1945. He was buried in the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2658 Capt Frederic James Sims (RMC 1937) was the son of Frederick George and Annie Florence Sims, of Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Regiment. He was killed in action on April 14, 1945. He was buried in the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2658 Capt Frederic James Sims (RMC 1937) was the son of Frederick George and Annie Florence Sims, of Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Regiment. He was killed in action on April 14, 1945. He was buried in the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands. -
Biography
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Newspaper clipping
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
The plaque on the facade of villa 'Laag Buurlo' reminds the inhabitants of Apeldoorn of two Canadian officers who died on this spot on Saturday 14 April 1945 in the fight against the occupying forces. The names of the two victims are: Lieutenant Reardon and Captain Sims. -
Memorial
The plaque on the facade of villa 'Laag Buurlo' reminds the inhabitants of Apeldoorn of two Canadian officers who died on this spot on Saturday 14 April 1945 in the fight against the occupying forces. -
Close up of Memorial
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History of the Laag Buurloo Memorial
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
Digital gallery of
Captain Frederick James Sims
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 564 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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