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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

George Robert Sims

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant George Robert Sims

July 15, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

R/208935

Age:

33

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

576 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

November 28, 1910
Kensintgon, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

December 3, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Commemorated on Page 444 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LOCHES-SUR-OURCE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aube, France

Grave Reference:

Row 1. Coll. grave 6-7.

Location:

Loches-sur-Ource is a village 42 kilometres south-east of Troyes and 25 kilometres south-west of Bar-sur-Aube, a town on the Paris-Troyes-Chaumont road. The LOCHES-SUR-OURCE COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the south-eastern side of the village on the road to Essoyes. The Commonwealth graves are near the west corner of the Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant George Robert Sims is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant George Robert Sims is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant George Robert Sims is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant George Robert Sims is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Gravemarker– His grave in Loches sur Ource, Aube, France

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    Gravemarker – His grave in Loches sur Ource, Aube, France

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