Ernest Brew
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No. 181. AB (Able Bodied Seaman). R.N.R.(Royal Naval Reserve). Reported Jan 25. & Mar 9. On Jan.25 on H.M.S. Prince George G.P.O. London. Now at Dardanelles. Feb.& Mar. May 24 Transferred to H.M.S. King Eric. Reported Sept.13 Dec.14 148 Mess C. Block R.N. (Royal Navy) Barracks Devonport. Nov.1916 H.M.S.Talbot. Oct 20 Mess. H.M.S. Talbot. G.P.O. London Nov.1918 Mess D. Di Room R.N. Barracks. Devonport.' (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 10003/1)
External sources: 36 Tynwald Street