J.W. Coole
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No. 1806. 2nd Cook. H.M. Transport "Empress Queen" Heard of Sept. 8 Reported Sept. 13 as on H.M.S. "Valdivia" at Malta Dec 14 Same Ship 27 R. Albert Dock. London Nov. 1916 Cook Dept R.M.S. Orita of Pacific Steam Navigation Co Monte Video Was captured by Moëwe'. Note: The Moewe (or Mowe) was a German Armed Merchant ship. (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 10003/4)
External sources: 42 Princes Street