J. Cannell
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 04997. Private. ?A.O.C.? (Army Ordnance Corps). Reported Oct.25.. 1915 at Fovant near Salisbury Dec.14. 31 Div. D.A.D.O.S. Headquarters. (Deputy Assistant Director Ordnance Services Headquarters) c/o War Office London As above 1916 Oct. . Apr. 1917 as before Oct. A.P.O. 4. (Army Post Office 4) A.O.C. Workshop. Hut 17. B.E.F (British Expeditionary Force) Nov.1918 as before.' (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 10003/2)
External sources: 25 Shaw's Brow