John Vernon Shimmin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 79467. Driver. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Gone about five months. At Swanage June 5. Brother of - & Wm. Has been wounded. Sept. 27 Dec. 14. 31 Batt. (Battalion). 37 Brigade R.F.A. 7 Div. (Division). B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force.) Nov. 1916 as before Nov. 1917 as before Oct. 1918 31 Batt. 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