Alfred Corlett
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 18274. Private. W Lancs. Cyclists Corps. Formerly I.O.M. Vol. Not called up. Enlisted in Liverpool end of May. Unit not known, but allottment papers received June 1916. Details as above June 17. Aug (13) Dec. 10. 2/1 W Lancs. Div. Cycling Corps. Highfield Rd. School. Blackpool June 14. same address Nov. 1916 57 W. Lancs Cyclist Corps. Waterloo Barracks. Wellington Lines Aldershot. Nov. 1917. C. Co. 19 Corps Cyclists Battn. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Nov. 1918 No. 265961. C. Co. 10 Platon (sic) 1/12 L. N. (Loyal North) Lanc Pioneer BEF.' (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)
External sources: 20 Bigwell Street