Edgar Robinson
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 16260. Private. 1 Royal Scots. Joined 3 Royal Scots from I.O.M.(Isle of Man) Volunteers. Barrack Street Class & Club. Nov. 30 at Glencorse Camp Milton Bridge.[Midlothian] Dec. at Chickerell Weymouth. Feb. Went to France Reported Mar 8. Frostbitten feet April 9th. May 14th at Folkstone Hospital. Home July 5th. Due home September 13th. Final leave September 27th. November 30th 8 Section, 14 Platoon, D Company, 2nd Royal Scots. 8 Brigade 3 Division B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). In hospital with bad feet April. Been home, back again in France July 1916. Wounded September. 10 Ward Alexandria Hospital Venice Street, Liverpool. November 1916 as before. November 1917 3 Royal Scots Glencorse, Edinburgh. Very lame. Discharged.' (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: 19 Athol Street