Albert Edward Shimmin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 387400. Sapper. R. Monmouth Eng. (Royal Monmouth Engineers). No. 4 Siege Co. (Company). 4 Sect. (Section). British Expeditionary Force from 15 Victoria Mt. Reported wounded Dec. 4. June 14 France Wounded Sept. 1916. Nov. as above April as above Nov. 1917 Address not known. Suffering from shell shock. Wounded. May 1918 Nov. 1918 Coming home.' (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)
External sources: 15 Clarke Street; 23 Hatfield Grove; Wesley Terrace