James Shimmin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 427984. Private. A.S.C. (Army Service Corps). Reported Nov. 30 3 Sect. (Section). 18 Reserve Park Aldershot Dec. 11 Mar.9. May 24 on Salisbury Plain In Hants. Sept. 13 Dec. 24 31 Ivy Road. Luton Bedford. Nov. 1916 Spinole Hosp. Malta. Nov. 1917 852 Co. (Company) A.S.C. Brit. (British) Salonica Forces. Moved to 12 Hartfield Grove Nov. 1918 627984 C. Co. A.S.C. No.2. L. of C. (Lines of Communication). Area Reception Camp. 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 10003/13)
External sources: 38 Tynwald Street; 12 Hatfield Grove