W.E. Cowell
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 16320. Private. B. Co (Company) 4 Manchester Regt. (Regiment). Enlisted in January. Formerly I.O.M.S.P.Co. (Isle of Man Steam Packet Company) not reported by Mar. 22. The Barracks. Lichfield. Reported Aug. 28 Dec. 14 34 Brigade. 11 Division Medit. Exp. Force (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) G.P.O. (General Post Office) London. Nov. 1916 Sick in Hospital in France Oct. 1917. Very badly wounded. In Hospital at Lincoln. Nov. 1917 L. Corp. (Lance Corporal) 20 Manchester R. (Regiment) Red Cross Hosp. The Barracks. Grantham.' (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 10003/5)
External sources: 10 Hope Terrace