W.D. Quilliam
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. No. 12591. Private. 1 Coldstream Guards. Enlisted early. At Caterham 3 Co. 4 Reserve Battalion in Oct. Dec. Victoria Barracks. Windsor. With British Expeditionary Force Feb. 26. Reported Mar. 29. June 28 Aug. 2. in trenches Dec. 14 3. Co. 1 C.G. (1 Coldstream Guards) B.E.F. Wounded 1 Southern Gen Hosp(1st Southern General Hospital) Birmingham. Sept. Nov. 1916 10. Hut. D. Div. Woodcote Park. Conval (Convalescent) Camp. Epsom Nov. 1917 6 Platoon 2nd Co. 2 Coldstream Guards B.E.F. Nov. 1918 8 Plat. 2 Co. 3 Coldstream G. BEF.' A pencilled note underneath reads, 'Dead also H. Quilliam KLR. Thos Quilliam RE Who are they?.' (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 10003/12)
External sources: 5 Primrose Avenue