J.T. Curphy
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. ?. Private. Royal Highlanders. Went to front in March. In hospital 5 London Field Ambulance. May 11. Died of Wounds May 12. Widow. no child. Moved away 1917.' Note: Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms date of death as 12 May 1915. (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: 11 Drinkwater Street