William Henry Corrin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 16369. Private. 11 Manchester R. (Regiment). Barrack St. Class & Club. M.G. Co. (Machine Gun Company) Reported Feb 28 at Rilsey Camp. Lincolnshire. Aug. 4. Said to be in France. Oct. Nov. 29. As above. 34 Brigade 11 Division 7 Base detail. Mediterrranean Exp. Force. Oct./ 16 Driver to W.H.C. Light Trench Mortar Battery 34 Brigade B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Apr 1917 as before. Moved to 17 Church St. Missing Oct. 1917 Wife works at Ropewalk. No News. June 1918. Presumed dead. Wife 3 Peel Rd.' Note: Died 4 October 1917, aged 31. Reported missing subsequently presumed killed in action. Resident of 17 Church Street, Douglas. Husband of Catherine Emma Corrin of 3 Peel Road, Douglas according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (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)
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