Alfred Cowell
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. ?. Private. 4 Inniskilling Fus. (Fusiliers). Brother of Thos. & Ambrose. Little can be found out. as he does not live with his parents. He has been a prisoner since August. Reported May 11. 24 Sept. 13 Nov. 1 Sergeant at Sennelager. bei Paderborn. June 28. 1916. Lives in London, and seems to be on bad terms with his people Nov. 1916 Interned in Switzerland Oct. 1917 At Mürren Hotel Edelweiss. Wife in Dublin.' (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 10003/5)
External sources: 18 Tynwald Street