John H. Hinds
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 387050 (S.R.) Sapper. Royal Monmouthshire Engineers. Left about October. Reported November. December at Camp, Monmouthshire. Christmas Furlough. Went to front in February in No.2 Railway Co. Parcel sent and letters received. Reported frequently. Presumably at Abbeville at end of May. All Saints Bible Class etc. British Expeditionary Force. Was home in July. December 14 2 Railway Co. November 1916 as before. April as before. November 1917 as before. Been in Hospital with injured hand. Home Christmas. November 1918 No. 154 Field Co. R.E.(Royal Engineers) No 2 Section B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force).' (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)
Lived at Sartfell Road
Name Variant: John H. Hinds