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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Heber Caplin Sims (Captain)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Heber Caplin
Surnames: Sims
Date of Death: 13/09/1917
Burial Date: 17/09/1917
Age at Death Years: 73
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Captain
Map Reference Number: RSHG 043 A3
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3265
Grave Description: Large headstone with rounded shoulders

Grave Condition: Good
Other Information: Added burial date, source: Newspaper records

Old Website Grave ID: 3730

Inscription:

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
HEBER CAPLIN SIMS
CAPTAIN VD LATE R.G.A, S.D.R.A.
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 13TH 1917

ALSO OF HIS YOUNGEST SON
HEBER HAROLD SIMS
LIEUT. THE ROYAL FUSILIERS
WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE
SEPTEMBER 1ST 1918.

R.I.P

Photographs:

Janette Gregson
H & H Sims (July 2007)
Photographer: Janette Gregson

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Kelly's; Death; Obituary; Estate.
PDF file: Fire in the organ store

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