John Edward Corkill
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'Driver. A.S.C.M.T. (Army Service Corps Motor Transport). Member of All Saints Choir. C.L.B. Officer (Church Lads' Brigade) Com. (Communicant) Left about May 18. Home afterwards Stationed at Colchester. Killed on duty at Clacton-on-sea. August. 16.' Note: Private. M2/099171. Accidentally killed Clacton-on-Sea 16 Aug 1915, aged 22. Son of Edward Corkill of 16 Derby Road, Peel according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (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 10003/4)
External sources: 6 Primrose Avenue