Harold Gleaves
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 078515. Driver. A.S.C./M.T.(Army Service Corps/ Motor Transport. A Sidesman. Due to leave after Easter. Home during Summer. In Alexandria October 5. Address Caterpillar Section 376 Co. A.S.C.M.T. (Army Service Corps Motor Transport) British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. G.P.O. December 14 as above attached 42 Siege Battery Base M.E.F. Moved to France April 1916. November 1917. Caterpillar Section A.S.C./M.T. (Army Service Corps/ Motor Transport.) 39 Siege battery R.G.A. (Royal Garrison Artillery) Ammunition Column B.E.F .(British Expeditionary Force). November 1917 House shut up. Private H. Gleaves as before November 1918 136 Siege Battery Ammunition Column, B.E.F.(British Expeditionary Force).' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/7)
External sources: Ellerslie, Loch Parade; Ridgeway Street