Angus Collister
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'Able Seaman. R.N.R. (Royal Naval Reserve). H.M.S Highflyer. Married 1 child. Barrack Street Class and Club. Oct reported at Teneriffe Nov 30. no news for 3 weeks Received letter in Feb. Reported Mar. 1. Was in Sierra Leone for a time. Present at sinking of Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Address H.M.S Highflyer G.P.O London Reported June 7. Oct. 4 well. child ill Dec. 14 as above Nov. 1916. Mess 9. as above. Apr. as above. Home. Nov. 1917 Mess. 5. H.M.S Sandhurst. G.P.O.London Nov 1918 as before but c/o A.M.O. Inverness.' (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 10003/4)
External sources: 4 James Street