P. John Henry Moore
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 10048. Private. B. Co. 1 K.O.R. (King's Own Royal) Lancaster Regt. (Regiment). In India when war broke out. Left in Nov. Wounded about Mar. Shot through both legs Was home for three weeks. At Saltash May 20 Reported R.H. Hunter to be alive. Reported Aug. 4 Dec. 14. 2 K.O.R.L.R. Machine Gun Sect. 28 Div. 83 Brigade B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Oct. 1916 D. Co. 2 K.O.R.L. Salonica forces April 17 as before. Dec. 1917 A. Co. 2 K.O.R.L. Hut 6 Knowsley Pk. Prescott. Nov. 1918 L. Corp (Lance Corporal). 055832, A. Co. 15 L.N.L.R. (Loyal North Lancashire Regiment). BEF.' Note: portion of entry not Reverend Kermode's handwriting. (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 10003/11)
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