A. Leslie Bawden
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 36978. Private. 47 Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. (Royal Army Medical Corps). St George's S.S.(Sunday School) & Church. Communicant. Report. Reported Oct.1914. At Tweasledown Camp. Farnham in Nov. Reported Dec.6. Furlough Dec. Passed exams Jan. Reported Feb.28 Mar.21 May 11. Still at Farnham 15th Division. May 31 June 14 Farewell Furlough June 31. British Exp Force Reported Aug.14 with Motor Ambulance. Sept.27 47 Field Ambulance 15 Division Dec.14.the same. Struck by shell. Puttees torn. not hurt. Reported Apr.1916 Nov.1916 As above. Nov.1917 as before Nov.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 10003/1)
External sources: 9 Brunswick Road