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James Sims

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Forename James
Surname Sims
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 23
Address 5 Lingard Street / 4 Battersby St, Bedford
Parents' Address As above
Township Leigh
Rank Lance Corporal
Occupation or place of work Mather LAne Mills and later Sutcliffe and Speakman
Regiment Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) 2nd Batt
Day of Death 7
Month of Death January
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Amara War Cemetery
Regiment Number 10489
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of James and Mary. Form 11428 5th Res Cavalry Reg
On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 18/1/16