James Mullens
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 10455. Private. 2 Border Regt (Regiment). Barrack (Street) Class & Club. Went to France early Reported Oct. Nov. 23. Parcels sent and letters etc received. Dec. 7. No news. Jan. 13 letter received. Mar. 13 Wounded in head. Mar. 18 in Hampstead General Hospital Home May 18. At Shoeburyness, Essex. June 7. Just returned to Brit. Exp. Force (British Expeditionary Force) Aug. 10 (25) Sept. 8. Killed Sept. 25. Also dead John Mullens, A.S.C. (Army Service Corps).' Note: On Loos Memorial listed as James Henry Mullen. Killed in action 25 September 1915, aged 22. Son of William and Catherine Mullen of 23 Barrack Street according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database) (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)
External sources: 23 Barrack Street