Private Alexander Simms
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1892-09-21
Place of birth: Russell Manitoba Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Catherine Simms (mother) Russell, Manitoba
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Russell, Manitoba
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-06-14
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 622583
Highest Rank:
Private
(8th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 8th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: “The Bluff” Ypres
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1596003
LAC ID:
229777
Service file: B8934-S010
Uploader's Research notes: The Menin Gate Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, it consists of a Hall of Memory", 36.6 metres long by 20.1 metres wide. In the centre are broad staircases leading to the ramparts which overlook the moat, and to pillared loggias which run the whole length of the structure. On the inner walls of the Hall, on the side of the staircases and on the walls of the loggias, panels of Portland stone bear the names of the dead, inscribed by regiment and corps. Carved in stone above the central arch are the words: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-11-11