Service Details
Name:
 SIM
Given Name:
 NORMAN YOUNG
Initials:
 N Y
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
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Unit:
 9th Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Pte Eastern Rifles
Date of Death:
 1916-09-09
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Bouleaux Wood, near Combles, while voluntarily serving as a stand, no other suitable emplacement being available for a Lewis gun, which it was necessary to get into action quickly.
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Andrew Sim, and of Mary Sim, of Trio, Links, Peddie, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 9 C.

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