J. Harold Shimmin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 182726. Corporal. A.S.C (Army Service Corps) / R.E. (Royal Engineers). Reported Aug. 1916 At Dunstable. Nov. 1916 Motor Cyclist Co. (Company). R.E. Signals Depot Houghton Regis Dunstable Nov. 1917 293/2 Draft. R.E. Depot. Durban. S. Africa. M.Medal (Military Medal) May 1918 Nov. 1918 Act. Corp. (Acting Corporal). 293/2 Draft. R.E. Despatch Rider. L of C. (Lines of Communication) [Mtugu on Anquaba] Portuguese E. Africa.' (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)
Lived at Rosemount