William Arthur SIMS

Forename(s): William Arthur

Surname: SIMS

Date of birth: 1908 (approx., calculated)

Date of death: 21 Nov 1942

Age at death: 34 years

Isle of Wight County Press - 31 July 1943 - The Island and the War - PRISONER. - Gunner W. A. Sims, R.A., son of the ex-Prison Officer J. B. Sims, of Wilverley, Parkhurst-road; in Japanese hands in Java. Gunner Sims was employed by Worlds Store at Newport and Ryde before going to Maidstone in 1940, where his wife and two daughters reside at 97 College-road. - Mrs. W. A. Sims and his parents express grateful thanks for inquiries during the anxious 18 months of waiting for news.

External link(s):

   CWGC record

Also on this marker:

   James Bernard SIMS

   Ellen Esther SIMS