J.D. Connall
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 15162. Private. 14 Co. 5 Coldstream Guards. Formerly St. George's choir left Feb. 2. Address c/o Cpl Maycroft, Caterham. On furlough. Apr. 2. May 23. June 7. Home Sept. 27 At Windsor Dec 14. 5 Reserve Batt. Machine Gun Sect. Victoria Barracks, Windsor. May In France an orderly at Havre Nov 1916 No. 472 Machine Gun Co. 2 Guards Brigade B.E.F (British Expeditionary Force). Gassed. Oct. 1917. In Hospital at Rouen Nov. 1917 No. 472 The Old Hall Mottram Cheshire. Oct. 1918 Fairholme. Coulston Rd. Upper Caterham Surrey Nov. 1918 472 Officer's Servant. M.G. Guards. Purbright Camp Surrey.' (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)
Lived at Myrtle Street