Charles Allen
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 16655. Private enlisted. 5 Sect. D. Co. 5.R. Inniskilling Fusiliers. Ill in Hospital in Dublin in Nov 1914. Reported out of Hospital in Dec. Reported ill in Jan 7 1915. Expected home on Furlough. March. Former St. Geo's S. Scholar. Address Richmond Barracks. Dublin. Reported June 14. Gone to Dardanelles Rumoured Wounded. Sept 1918. Not wounded. Only one unhurt out of 8. Brother in law Sergt J. Upson missing. W. Moore killed. 2 Dukes 2 McArds & Callister wounded. Dec 14 31 Infantry Brigade 10 Div. In Serbia Nov.1916 First lIne Transport 5/ 5/Bn R. Inniskilling Fus. Salonica Forces Oct 1917 D.Co.8 Inniskilling Fus. E.Exp. Force (Egyptian Expeditionary Force). Nov.1918 Has been home. Nov 1918. 5 Inniskilling 7. 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 10003/1)
External sources: Hills Gardens; Peveril Street