George Kneale
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No 4357. Private. A Co. (Company) 12 Manchester Regt. (Regiment). Former S.S (Sunday School) & C.L.B. (Church Lads Brigade) At Nov. 30 at Bovington Camp Dorset. Furlough at Christmas Reported Jan 6. Mar.16. June 7. Expected home June 26 Been home unwell At Front 17. Division Postcard. July 31 Brit .Exp. Force. (British Expeditionary Force) 52 Brigade 17 Division Reported Aug 15. Letters Nov. 30 .Nov.1916. 12 Manchesters B.E.F Killed Feb. 8 or 13 1917.' Note: Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms date of death as 8 Feb 1917. (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 10003/10)
External sources: Hills Gardens