Fred Crellin
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No. ?. R.N.R. (Royal Naval Reserve). H.M.S. (His Majesty's Ship) Alsatian. Reported Oct. In Nov. supposed to be in Mediterranean. Furlough in end of Jan. Reported Mar. 16. No. 1 Mess. H.M.S. Alsatian G.P.O.(General Post Office) London. Reported May 24 June 7. Aug. 23 Dec. 14 as above Nov. 1916 Nov. 1916 H.M.S. Berwick 26 Mess. G.P.O. London. Prisoner at Dalmen. Apr. 1917 Nov. 1917 82 Co. (Company) 10 Barrack. Kriegsgefangenenlager (A-H) Brandenburg. Germany Home Dec. 1918.' (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 10003/5)
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