Frank “Frank” Simms
Captain · #40719 · Y1 Patrol
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Service number | #40719 |
| Patrol | Y1 Patrol |
| Regiment | Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| Known as | “Frank” |
| POW / KIA | POW — Jan 1942 |
What this roll records
North Africa — 13 Jan 1942, Marada: prisoner of war. Shot in the thigh; captured with Tpr Harry Chard; interrogated at DAK HQ, then Italian camps; leaped from a moving truck to freedom 13 Sep 1943 and reached Allied lines; further service in NW Europe. Source: TRACKS magazine (LRDG Association), Ian Chard, 'Not all were lucky — LRDG missing in North Africa', June 2023.
Joined Oct 1941 (Capt., M.C., R. Warwickshire Regt). P.O.W. Jan 1942. LRDG Unit Casualty Returns (A.F. 3010), Appendix 3 officers list (source: Brendan O'Carroll).
PATROL COMMANDER of Y1 per W.B. Kennedy Shaw, "Long Range Desert Group", Appendix 4 Patrol Commanders.
Checked (2026): The Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph holds twenty-two men named Simms and none is a Frank or carries 40719. The alternative spelling Sims was checked as well and returns three men, none of them his. Recorded so the search is not repeated.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
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