D.A. Colbourne
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 12243. Private. 6 King's O. R. Lancaster Regt (King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment). Reported Oct. At Tedworth in Dec. Furlough near Christmas Reported Jan.6. At Aldershot Mar.13. Address - The Battallion (as above) Aldershot. May 11. (out) May. 17. Said to be a good shot. June 28 Said to be gone to Dardanelles Aug.(10) Sept. 27. well. Wounded & ill. now better Nov.30. Dec. 14/ 38 Inf. Bri. 13 Div. Med. Exp. Force (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) In Mesopotamia May. 1916 Letter. Nov. 1916. Murree Hills Kuldona. India / Campbellpore India April 1917. Oct. 1917. Dental Mechanic Station Hosp. Balgaum. India Oct. 1918 Dental Mechanic Deccan Brit. (British) War Hosp. Poona India.' (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 10003/4)
External sources: 25 Burnside Terrace