Robert Shimmin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 4745 / 331893. Lance Corp. (Corporal). 1/9 King's Liverpool R. (Regiment). Former S.S. (Sunday School) boy. Derby recruit. At Oswestry. Reported May 26. 1916 B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Sept. Nov. B Co. (Company). 6 Platoon 1/9 K.L.R. (King's Liverpool Regiment). B.E.F. April as before Wounded Aug. 1917 Oct. 1 Ward Military Hosp. Sycamore Road. Nottingham. Nov. 1918 Cook House Grace Road. Bks. (Barracks). Orrell Walters Liverpool.' (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: 23 St George's Walk