John Maddrell
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 15846. Rifleman. 15 K.R.R.C. (King's Royal Rifle Corp). A Co. 10 Camp, Seaford, Sussex, Dec. 10 1915 France June 14 Nov. 1916 2 K.R.R.C. No. 9 Camp, No. 1 I.B.D. (Infantry Base Depot) B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force), Havre, France. Severely wounded Feb. 1917. 15846, Rfn (Rifleman) John Maddrell, 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, North Field, Birmingham - April 17. Home July, leg amputated.' Note: portion of entry not Reverend Kermode's handwriting. (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 10003/11)
External sources: 22 Bigwell Street; 66A Athol Street