The Memoirs of Stanley J Sime

Sime was born in November 1911 in Stockwell, London. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman in March 1928. He served on a number of ships, including "HMS Nelson", 1932-4; "HMS Dundee", 1935-8; "HMS Enterprise", 1938; "HMS Sandwich", 1938-9; "HMS Berwick", 1940; "HMS Danae", 1941; and "HMS Royalist", 1943. He was discharged from the Navy in March 1946.

Naval memoirs, 1928-46

The memoir was deposited by Mr Sime at Churchill Archives Centre in 1972

The papers are owned by Churchill College, Cambridge.

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. A prior appointment and two forms of identification are required.

Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.

Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Memoirs of Stanley J Sime, SIME

A copy of this finding aid is available for consultation at Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, the National Register of Archives, London, and on the Janus website, http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/.

This catalogue and collection (fonds) level description was prepared by Andrew Riley at Churchill Archives Centre in August 2003