William Gregg
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No 2525c. Seaman R.N.R. ( Royal Naval Reserve). H.M.S. Goliath. Married - 6 children. Reported October at sea. November 23 East Africa December 15. March 14 in dry dock. Ship Torpedoed May 12. Son in 16 Liverpool. Married. Wife died end of 1916. 5 or 6 children. 3 Dependant with her sister.' (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 10003/7)
External sources: 1 Hanover Place