George Sayle
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 14821. Private. B. Co. (Company). 3 Inniskellin Fus. (Fusiliers). Old S.S. (Sunday School) Boy. Dec. at Richmond Barracks. Dublin. Jan. 18 at Curragh. V. ill. Mar. 29. Richmond Barracks. Had furlough. May 24. Winchester Road Camp. June 21 Brother of Frank. Nov. 30 31 Infantry Brigade 1st Line Transports. 10 Div. (Division). B. Exp. Force. (British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force). Nov. 1916 Driver. attached to 31 Inf. (Infantry) Brigade H.Q. 10 Div. (Division) Salonica. April 1917. Mother died Sept. 1917. Nov. 1917 15 Platoon D. Co. 5. R. Innisk Fus. (Royal Iniskilling Fusiliers). E.E.F. (Egyptian Expeditionary Force). Home. Sept. 1918. Dangerously wounded Oct. 1918. Died Oct. 15 at 12 C.C.S (Casualty Clearing Station).' (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 10003/13)
External sources: 2 St George's Terrace