The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H B Sims

Photograph by "HAC1418"

Private Henry Baden SIMS, G/8885, "B" Company, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 1st June 1916, age 15.

13th July 1900, born St Giles, Walworth, SE, son of William George & Ruth Elizabeth Sims.

26th August 1900, All Saints, Walworth, baptism of Henry Baden Sims, son of William George, (carpenter) & Ruth Elizabeth Sims, 25 Sedan Street.

26th August 1900, All Saints, Walworth, baptism of Lilian Maud Sims, (born 19th July 1898), daughter of William George, (carpenter) & Ruth Elizabeth Sims, 25 Sedan Street.

1901 Census - 25 Sedan Street, Newington, Walworth - William G Sims, head, married, age 34, carpenter, worker, born Greenwich, London; Ruth Sims, married, age 32, born Deptford, London; William Sims, age 14, born Greenwich, London; Godfrey Sims, age 13, born Deptford, London; *Mabel Sims, age 5, born Deptford, London; *Lillian Sims, age 3, born New Brighton, Cheshire; *Henry Simms, age 1, born Walworth, London.

1904 March, Shoreditch Registration District, William G Sims died age 38.

1st January 1907, St Stephens Church, Walworth, London, Ruth Elizabeth Sims, widow, married Henry Baden Dadd.

1911 Census - 42 Dutton Street, Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, SE - Frederick G Dadd, head, age 40, married, labourer, iron works, worker, born Deptford; Ruth E Dadd, wife, age 42, married 23 years, 8 children, 6 still alive, born Plaistow; Godfrey Dadd, son, age 16, single, timekeeper, iron works, worker, born Deptford; *Mable Dadd, daughter, age 15, single, bookbinder, worker, born Deptford; *Lily Dadd, daughter, age 12, school, born New Brighton; *Henry Dadd, son, age 10, school, born Walworth; Elsie Dadd, daughter, age 3, born Greenwich; Nelly Dadd, daughter, age 2, born Greenwich.

*all born Sims.

1915 July enlisted Lewisham, SE, age 14. Resided Blackheath, SE.

May 1916, posted BEF.

Buried at Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery, I. E. 4., Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.

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