George Rothrie
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'Engineer Lieut. (Lieutenant). R.N.R. (Royal Navy Reserve). Brother in law of R.F. Callister. Was on H.M.S. Roebuck in Oct. Later on a patrol boat which was sunk in Collision? May went to Dardanelles on H.M.S. Whitby Abbey. Off coast of Bulgaria Aug. 19 Ship torpedoed in spring. Nov. 1917 E.R.A. H.M.S. Whitby Abbey G.P.O. London.' (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 10003/13)
Lived at Marlborough Terrace