G.F. Cain
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 1860. Private. 9. Manchester Regt. (Regiment). At Dardanelles . Not heard of since June 4. & advertised for in Daily Mail July 31. Stated to be dead. Killed on June 7. while on duty with small detachment. Only one escaped. Ex All Saints Choir Boy.' Note: Year of death was 1915 (Commonwealth War Graves Commission). (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 10003/2)
External sources: 9 Eastfield