Victor Comaish
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 15218. Private. C Co. 6 R. Scots Fusiliers. (C Company 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers). Barrack Street Class and Club. Joined 11 Hussars but transferred as above. Reported Oct. In Nov. at Aldershot. Furlough in Jan. In March address Bramshott Camp, Hants. Called June 14 Moved to 24 Hope St. July 2. Has been in France 2 months Aug. 10. Well Address as above Nov. 29. Home Apr. Wounded at the Somme July 1916 George West Ward. Edmonton Mil. Hosp. N. Nov. Address not known. C Co 9 Platoon 6/7 R.S. Fus. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Wounded again Jan 1917. Lost leg. Oct. Queen Mary's Hosp Hut 5 Roehampton, London S.W. 15. Home discharged Oct 1917.' (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: 14 Bigwell Street; 24 Hope Street