Walter Cubbon
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No. ?. Seaman. R.N.R. (Royal Naval Reserve). H.M.S. Caronia. Barrack St. Class & Club . Reported Nov . 9. At Halifax in Dec. Letter received & parcel sent in Feb. Some difficulty over allowance but settled satisfactorily in Apr. Address H.M.S. Caronia G.P.O. London. Home May 22 Called but did not see him . Aug.28 .Dec.14 as above. Oct./16 7 D. Mess R.N. Barracks Portsmouth.' (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: 58 Athol Street