E. Killen
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 1642 / 51495. Private. ?A.M.B. R.F.C. (Royal Flying Corps). Nov. 1916 Boy 74th. T.R. Batt. (Training Reserve Battalion). 194 Cheshire R.(Regiment). A.S.C. (Army Service Corps). Camp Salisbury Plain Codford Wilts. (Wiltshire) What does this mean? Apr. 1917 No 51495. 3 A.M.B. Hut 20. Thornhill Barracks Stanhope Lines Aldershot Nov. 1917 Air Mechanic . B.K. (Balloon Kite?) Sect.30 (Section) R.F.C. (Royal Flying Corps) B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force).' (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 10003/9)
External sources: 38 Princes Street