W.H. Curphey
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 112021. Private. Labour Co. No. 41486 (crossed out), R.E. A.S.C (crossed out). Called up . May 1916 . married Nov.1916 Attached No 5 Labour Co. A.S.C. (Army Service Corps) Docks Rest Camp. No1 Base B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Apr. 17 Cheshire R. (Regiment) 17 Labour Co. No 4 Platoon No 3 Jenged Camp A.P.O. (Army Post Office) B.E.F. Nov.1917. 17 Cheshire Labour Co. Ward 9. Edinburgh War Hosp. (Hospital) Bangour. West Lothian Nov.1918 Discharged.' (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 10003/6)
External sources: 17 Wesley Terrace