Thomas Henry Shimmin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 79466. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Gone about five months. At Swanage June 5. Brother of Vernon & Wm. Doing Well Sept. 27. Dec. 14 17 Div. (Division). A.C. R.F.A. 81 Brigade. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Nov. 1916 17 b.w. A.C. B.E.F. Nov. 1917 as before. 3rd Sept. Oct. 1918 D Batt. (Battery). 223 Bde. (Brigade). 65 Div. R.N.D. (Royal Naval Division) B.E.F.' (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: 2 Albany Street