Sim, John Moir
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps
Biography: Son of Robert Sim, clothier ; born Cairnie, Aberdeenshire ; 21 March 1894 ; educated Fordyce Academy ; student in Arts, 1913-14. Joining "U" Company of the 4th Gordons in March 1914, he was mobilized with them and trained at Bedford ; arriving in France with the Battalion in February 1915 he served as a sniper till 25 September, when he was wounded at Loos. He was gazetted, 22 November 1915, and after further training at Hawick he crossed again to France, June 1916, and served there with the 6th Gordons. He was again wounded and gassed in the Somme offensive of July 1916. Undaunted by all he had gone through Sim joined the R.F.C. in October 1916, and had qualified as an observer just six weeks before his death. On 19 March 1917 he was mentioned in dispatches. A few days later, 25 March 1917, he was killed in action at Beugny along with his pilot, after fighting their way back through a long part of Germany with important information. Sim was good to live with and the man with whom to share a billet, his cheerfulness never failed him and was proof against all the untoward incidents of his military career.
Date of Death: 25 March 1917
Burial Details: Buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot 4, Row Z, Grave 6.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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