Alfred Daugherty
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). Called up. Aug. 2. Stationed at Devonport. Took part in the operations at Antwerp . Furlough after Reported Nov. 30. .. Mar. Then address 11. Mess. H.M.S. Laurentic G.P.O. London. May 20.out. 24. at 24 Bigwell St no news for four months. Aug. 13 Heard but long pause again M S.Atlantic . Dec.10. address as above Nov. 1916 as before . Lost on Laurentic. Jan.25.1917 Widow 5 children.' (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 10003/6)
External sources: Hardy's Cottage