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Military service
Service number:
B/42065
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 8, 1922
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 17, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
September 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 11.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Vernon Sims, and Elsie Sims (nee Ward) of Hamilton, Ontario.
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Photo of Richard Vernon Sims
Henry "RED" Sims and his brother Richard Vernon "Blonde" Sims in Hamilton. -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator October 2, 1944 -
Photo of Richard Vernon Sims
Source: Hamilton Spectator October 2, 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
Source: Hamilton Spectator October 2, 1944
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Private Richard Vernon Sims
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Vernon Sims
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Vernon Sims
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Vernon Sims
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Commemorated on:
Page 444 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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