Unexamined Lives

The story of the 20th century as lived by residents in the Derbyshire village of Borrowash

Sims, Lawrence

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

SIMS, L

Rank: Private
Service No: 24601
Date of Death: 19/11/1916
Regiment/Service: North Staffordshire Regiment, 8th Bn.
Grave Reference: VII. G. 6.
Cemetery: CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Additional Information: None

Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Name: Lawrence Sims
Birth Place: Borrowash, Derbyshire
Residence: Borrowash, Derbyshire
Death Date: 19-Nov-16
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Rank: Private
Regiment: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Battalion: 8th Battalion
Number: 24601
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

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