Robert C. Taubman
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 8798. Private. A.Co. 2 King's Own R.(Royal) Lancaster Regt. (Regiment). Reservist. Barrack St. (Street) Class & Club. Went to France early Nov. 19. Invalided at Seaman's Hospital Greenwich Dec. 14. Furlough at end of month. Stated he was with R.H.Hunter when he fell. At Saltash .Mar.20 May. 83 Brigade 28 Division. Reported missing from May 8. Wounded & Prisoner June 14. Aug.25 Better from wound British Prisoner of War No. 343 Cellelager (province Hanover) Germany Nov 30. Parcels sent. A.C.C. sends regularly. Letter received. Apr. Reported May Changed address frequently. Rekum Kreis . Blumenthal, prov. Hannover. Apr. Zweig - Gefangenor Lager. Cellelager 2viii. Hannover. June. Nov. 1916 Soltare 2viii. Prov. Hannover. Apr. Co.4. Lager No. 54788 Hameln on Weser, Prov. Hannover. .Nov. 1917. As before Nov.1918 as before. Jan home.' (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 10003/14)
External sources: 3 Hanover Place