Sims, Herbert Charles

Rank:

Corporal

Regiment:

Sherwood Foresters/ Royal Engineers

Regimental No. & Battalion

14003/WR/30209/307917

Status:

Demobbed

Research Notes

From Herbert Sims's Service Record –

Address Crich; aged 33 years and 122 days; quarryman; attested 01/09/14; posted 13/09/14; transferred 30/01/15; transferred Royal Engineers 05/05/17; Royal Engineers (TB) 328 Quarrying Corp, WR/30209 Cpl Sims Charles Herbert of Crich aged 37; L/Cprl paid 01/10/17; raised to skilled rate of E.P 26/01/18; appointed a/Corpl (unpaid) 01/06/18; raised to superior rate of E.P. 13/11/18; 24/11/18 injured whilst on duty. This man remained on duty; demobbed 04/03/19; 04/08/17 transferred to R.E (328th Qryng Co R.E.) with effect from 5-5-17 for the benefit of the service at R.E. rates of pay, new alotted number 307917); embarked Southampton 29/08/15, disembarked Havre 30/08/15 ss Empress Queen; height 5ft 7in; weight 118lb; blue eyes and dark hair; C of E;next of kin Lily Sims (Lily Winson) married 09/09/1900 at Belper; children Gertrude Anne Sims (03/11/00) and Joseph Victor Sims (17/09/05); injured 03/12/18 while on duty; born 1881; 02/12/18 This NCO was preparing a large hole in the macadam hole ready for firing when a piece of stone struck the knuckle of his right hand, date of accident 24 November 1918, no Court of Inquiry held, no one to blame;

On the 24-11-18 I was working in the Macadam hole. At about 17-00 hours I was getting a large hole ready for firing whilst doing so I caught the knuckle of my right hand on a piece of stone. I did not think the accident was in any serious so did not report same
W.R. 30209 a'Cprl Sims h. (X his mark)

11/01/15 absent from 8.30 am 11/1/15 until 6.30am 12/1/15 awarded 3 days confined to baracks and deprivation 2 days pay; absent from tattoo roll call until 6 pm on 7/4/15 awarded 3 days confined to barracks; absent from 12 m.n. 25/4/15 till 2 am 27/4/15 admonished; absent from tattoo roll call 5.4.15 until 6 pm 7.4.15 awarded 3 days confined to barracks

On the Roll of Honour Herbert is listed as a Private although the records show him as Lance Corporal/acting Corporal.

1901 Census: Crich