SIMS, William Arthur

William was born on the 26th of September 1908 in Newport to James Bernard & Ellen Esther (nee WARNE) SIMS of Victoria Road. He married Winifred Louisa CHEVERTON in 1931 at St Thomas’ Church & they lived at 86 Church Street in Ryde.

His Regiment was based in Java & were captured by the Japanese in March 1942. William, aged 34, died as a Japanese Prisoner of War in Java, Indonesia on the 21st of November 1942. The circumstances surrounding his death are unknown. Unfortunately, William’s final resting place is unknown, & so he is commemorated by the Commission on the Singapore Memorial to the Missing in Kranji together with over 24,300 of his Second World War comrades.

William is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.