William Telford
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No. ?. Greaser (Stoker crossed out). H.M.S. Ramsey. Reported Mar. 12 May 16. Home May 31. Reported having sunk Submarine. Family moved to 24 Hope St No news . Aug. 10 Ship torpedoed Aug. 8 Dead. Married 2 children. Widow remarried about Apr or March 1917 Mrs Creer 64 Finch Rd.' (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 10003/14)
External sources: 20 Bridge Road