James Hale
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No.M/2/053921. Driver. 179 Co. A.S.C./M.T. (Army Service Corps/ Motor Transport). Enlisted in March. Reported March 21 and 30. Brother of A. H. Hale. 1 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Address :- Newbury, Berkshire. Called May 12 out. May 14 reported. Probably gone to the front. July 31 18 Division Supply Column, British Expeditionary Force as before. December 14 as above. Reported May 9. Was married in January. November 1916 20 Auxillary (steam and petrol) Co. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). November 1916 886 M.T.Co. (Motor Transport Co.) S. Siege Park, B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) later B Siege Park. November 1918 P Siege Artillery Workshops, B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force).' (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 10003/7)
External sources: 14 Palace Road