G.S. Howes
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 99052. Private. M.G.Corps (Machine Gun Corps). Called up Jan 1917. In 20 Gen. Hosp. (General Hospital) France (heart trouble) Aug. 1917. ?Moved to 7 Peveril St. Nov. 1917 143 Co. Sec C, M.G.C. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). (children to S.S. (Sunday School)). Nov 198 (1918) 48 HQ M G.C. B E F. Italy.' (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 10003/8)
External sources: 2 Orry Street