G.H. Shimmin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 116296. Sapper. R. Welsh Fus. (Royal Welsh Fusiliers). Son of Gilbert. Barrack Street Class & Club. Married 1 or 2 ch. (children). Joined up Apr. 1917 Formerly at Barrow. Nov. 1917 149 Co. (Company). M.G.C. (Machine Gun Corps). 50 Div. (Division). B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Severely wounded May 1918 Nov. 1918 A. Co. B.M.G.C. T. Batt. (Battalion). 5 Lines. 25 Hut. Rugeley Camp. [Cannock Chase]. Staff.' (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 10003/13)
External sources: 1 Parr Street; Edward Terrace