In Memory Of
SIM, NORMAN YOUNG
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
9th Bn.
Regiment:
London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Former Regiment:
formerly Pte Eastern Rifles
Date of Death:
1916-09-09
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Bouleaux Wood, near Combles, while voluntarily serving as a stand, no other suitable emplacement being available for a Lewis gun, which it was necessary to get into action quickly.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 9 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of the late Andrew Sim, and of Mary Sim, of Trio, Links, Peddie, Cape Province, South Africa.
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