W.T. Donnelly
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 17653. Private. Rifle Brigade. Reported Aug.1917. Formerly with Kelly the barber. Married a London girl. Wounded Aug.1917 Nov.1917 H.M.S Overton M.F.A. (Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary) G.P.O. London. ("Missing on Oct.4." crossed out) Dec 1918 Signal Sect. H.Q. K.S.L.I. (King's Shropshire Light Infantry) BEF (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 10003/6)
External sources: 28 Princes Street