H.J. Harding
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 28605. Private. 16, King's Regiment; 3 Cheshire Regiment; Manx Co. Joined from Isle of Man Volunteers at New Bunnee, Hoylake. Brother of John and William. Reported May 24. August 2. At Whitchurch October 18. December 14 Bidston Camp. At Salonika May 1916. November 1916 Manx Co., 2nd Cheshire Regiment Salonika. April as before. November 1917 as before. Lance Corporal. October 1918 as before.' (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: Hatfield Grove; 15 Wesley Terrace