SIMS, Eddie

Known as: 
Ted / Eddie
Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
12 Commando
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal West Kent Regiment
Service: 
Army
Born: 
1923
Birthplace: 
Slade Green, Kent
Private Edward Sims 12 Commando
Eddie Sims 12 and 6 Commando
Private Sims served in the Parachute Troop of No 12.Commando until 1943 when it was disbanded, then in No 6 Commando. He was batman to Captain Peter Cruden [1][2].
  • June 1946 one of ten commandos chosen at random to sit with the Queen in the Royal Box at the Albert Hall concert in aid of the Commando Benevolent Fund [3]
  • Pre war employed as Butcher's assistant. In 1959 he was working at Katowice Poland. Later returned to UK residing Slade Green, near Dartford, Kent [2][2a][3].
Sources
[1] Photos in gallery / His son Ian.
[2] Commando Association newsletter 29 (1959).
[2a] Commando Association newsletter 86 (1988) and 90 (1990).
[3] Newspaper cutting and photo in CVA Gallery.
 

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