Person    | Male  Born 30/12/1834  Died 6/12/1881

John Joseph Sims, VC

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Crimea

War served, Other war i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, a war, not WW1 or WW2.

Soldier. A private in the 34th Regiment of Foot. On 18th June 1855 in Sebastopol, he went out under heavy fire in broad daylight and brought in wounded soldiers from outside the trenches. For his actions, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

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