BORN HULL 1896. KNOWN AS “ARCHIE”. SON OF GEORGE SIMMS & ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) PARKINSON SIMS (1870- ), OF 2, BELLE VUE TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ALICE LILIAN SIMS (1890-1962); LOUISA SIMS (1892- ) & ONE BROTHER, GEORGE BURNETT SIMS (1893-1964).
BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS A RIVETTS HOTTER AND SHIP PLATER (1911 CENSUS), LIVING WITH HIS UNCLE, GEORGE SMITH, AT 14, BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL.
HE ENLSIED AT HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 17/02/1915. SERVED AS CORPORAL, WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE SERGEANT TO THE 21ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/03/1917, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH.
HE IS BURIED AT AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”.
