William Hirst
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No Number given. Private. Kings Liverpool Regiment. Brother of Thornton. Wounded in head. At Alderley, near Liverpool. Reported June 14. December 14 Family gone to Liverpool. Eye lost and discharged.' (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 10003/7)
External sources: Burleigh Cottages, Peel Road