J.R. Drinkwater
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. '2nd Lieutenant. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Granted Commission in June. Formerly Commandant of L.Manx. A. . Home Sept. Reported July 1916 Well In France . Injured and home Nov 1916.' (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: Ballabrooie, Peel Road