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Private JOHN HENRY SIMMS

Service Number: 88
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

III. I. 22.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Emily Simms, of Fogo, Newfoundland.
  • Personal Inscription LORD ALL PITYING JESU BLEST GRANT THEM THINE ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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