H. Downward
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 47339. Gunner. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Joined early in 1916 In France July 1916 Nov. 178 BrIgade A. Batt. C.Sub. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Wounded in body by shrapnel. Sep 17. 1917. Nov.1917 Bed 10 Aux.Hosp. (Auxiliary Hospital) Heaton Mersey. Manchester. Nov.1918. Sgt? (Sergeant) '390338 246 Co. (Company) 53 Div. (Division) Train A.S.C (Army Service Corps) Palestine. E.E.F. (Egyptian 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 10003/6)
External sources: 1 Brighton Terrace
Name Variant: H. Downward