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Thomas Ernest Sims

Biography

Surname:  Sims
Christian name(s):  Thomas Ernest, also known as Ernest Thomas
Date of birth:  11 February 1883
Place of birth:  Discove, Bruton, Somerset
Parents:  Henry Sims and Edith Elizabeth Wright
Wife:  Mary Elizabeth Hammond
Date of marriage:  30 April 1910
Children:  Phyllis Beatrix Annie; Eric Reginald; Henry John Hammond; Rita Delia;
                  Vera Evelyn; Brenda Mary; Bernard Thomas; Stella Edith; Barbara Jean
Pre-WW1 occupation:  Groom; previously Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry
 
Rank:  Acting Sergeant
Number:  18137; 309643
Served:  12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment;
               11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars;
​               Army Service Corps
Medals awarded:  1914 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
 
Date of death:  Buried 8 January 1960
Place of death: 
Commemorated:  St Mary's churchyard, Frampton on Severn
War memorials:  Plaque in Frampton Village Hall
 
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