John McCauley
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 12119. Lance Corporal. 3rd Border Regt. (Regiment). Barrack St Class & Club. reported Oct: Nov. at Coal house Fort. East Tilbury . reported Jan. 13: at Shoeburyness. At the front March 1st. Wounded March 10. In Alexander Ward St. Thomas' Hosp. London. May 24th at Convalescent Home nr Godalming . Reported June 14th at same place. brother of Matt: Was home in July. Reported Aug.13 at Shoeburyness Sept. 8. Dec. 1. At sea. .May C. Co. 12 Platoon 6 Border R. 93 Brigade 11 Div. Egypt Exp. (Expeditionary) Force Nov. 1916 C. Co. 12 Platoon 6 Border R. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) .Apr. School of Cookery A.P.O. (Army Post Office) B.E.F. Married in Middlesex May.1917 Nov.1917 No. 372408. 294 Army Employment Co. S.77. L.Area. IV. Corps. A.P.O. B.E.F Is engaged in burying dead etc. Nov.1918 194 Labour Co. C. Platoon BEF.' Note: First few sentences 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 10003/10)
External sources: 28 Bigwell Street