J. King
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'R.N.R. (Royal Naval Reserve). Reported Dec. 15. Deck hand. Mine Sweeping Sect. (Section). Naval Base Scilly Is (Islands). Nov. 1916 c/o Mr. Clarke 42 Blythe Street. Percy Main on Tyne. Northumberland. Dec. 1917. R.N. Hosp (Royal Naval Hospital) Pitts Street Portsmouth Dec 1918 Discharged.' (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 10003/9)
External sources: 14 Princes Street