C.W. Caine
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 08007. Private. A.O.C.(Army Ordnance Corps). Reported Dec. 14. 6/2 Co. Brockton (sic - actually Brocton) Camp. Stafford At Salonika Apr. 1916 Nov. 1916. No 565. 11 Training Reserve Batt. (Battalion) 16 Hut K.Lines Brocton Camp. Stafford Nov. 1917 At 8 Eastfield No 32583 Pte. (Private) C.W.Caine A.Co 2 Plat. (Platoon) 2/5 S.Staffordshire R. (South Staffordshire Regiment) BEF (British Expeditionary Force).' (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: 49 Athol Street; 8 Eastfield