John Harold Caine
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 11288?. Private. C. Co. 6 York & Lancaster Regt (Regiment) 32 Brigade 11 N. Division. Spent winter at Belton Park. Grantham Reported. Oct. Nov. 18. Dec. 7 Jan. 18. Mar. 9. Went into billets at Grantham. In March.. In France Sept. 27 Wounded ?No 6016 Auxiliary Hosp. Ambulance Hall Rochdale. Corp. (Corporal) Dec. 14 Been ill. Apr. 1916 Dec. 1916 No 6016 A.C.C.(Army Cyclists Corps) 27 Div. Cyclists Corps. Salonika. Exp. (Expeditionary) Force Apr. 1917 as before Nov 1917 Cadet. 12 Hut. B.Co. 13 Officer Cadet Battn (Battalion). The Hutments Newmarket Lieut (Lieutenant) D.of Cornwall L.I. (Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry) wounded & gassed slightly Aug. 1918.' (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