R. William Garrett
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No M.Z. 1790. A.B.(Able Seaman) R.N.(Royal Navy). Called up July 1916. Working in Manchester ex Sunday School Boy November 1916. 1 Sub. Starboard, 13 Mess. 2nd Deck Crystal Palace London S.E. April A.B., H.M.S. Grive G.P.O. London November 1917 as before. Ship Torpedoed December 1917 November 1918 Mess 24 H.M.S.Colossus.' (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)
Lived at Peel Road