J. Gordon Downward
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 179953. Private. A.S.C./M.T. (Army Service Corps/Motor Transport). Joined up. June 1916. At Grove Park. Nov M.I.School of Instruction No.1 Sect. (Section) Northern Lines A.P.O.S.2. (Army Post Office S2) B.E.F (British Expeditionary Force) Apr S.Sect. 1 Field Survey Co. R.E. (Royal Engineers) 1 Army B.E F Nov .1917 as before Nov.1918 58 Div. (Division) M.T.Co. BEF.' (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 10003/6)
External sources: 1 Brighton Terrace
Name Variant: J. Gordon Downward