Herbert Quayle
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 88546. Co. Sergt. Major (Company Sergeant Major). A.S.C. (Army Service Corps). Officer in Mercantile Marine. Too old to join Navy Enlisted in A.S.C. About end of April. Reported June 3 In France bringing up supplies. via canal & motor car Aug. 13 Dec. 14 cf D.A.D.J.W.T. Co. R.E. (Royal Engineers) A.P.O. T.1 Advance Base France. Reported June 27 Nov. 1916 cf. D.A.D.J.W.T. Co. R. Eng A.P.O. Sec. 1 Advance Base B.E.F (British Expeditionary Force) Nov. 1917 as before Nov 1918 as before.' (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 10003/12)
External sources: 9 Mount Bradda; 5 Rosemount