Matthew McCauley
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 13322. Private. 11 Manchester Regt. (Regiment) B. Co. Barrack Street Class and Club. Brother of John Reported Nov. at Belton Park.Grantham . Jan 13th. Mar 1st. 19th. Furlough May 24th. Reported June 14th. Aug. 13 Gone to Dardanelles Early in July Wounded. & in 4 Ward Southmeads Hosp. Bristol. Sept.8. Bullet in arm Nov.26. 34 Brigade 11 Division Medit. (Mediterranean) Force Nov.1916 R. Co. 11Manchester R. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Apr.as before . Home Aug. Killed in action Oct. 5 1917.' Note: First few sentences not Reverend Kermode's handwriting. Lance Corporal. Kiiled in Action 5 Oct 1917 according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (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