William Brew Radcliffe
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 19150. Private. 11 K.O.R. (King's Own Royal) Lancaster Regt. (Regiment). S.S.(Sunday School) Teacher etc. Rejected three times for size and weight. Got into the above (Bantams) & leaves July 3. July 15 letter - near Plymouth - H. Co. (Company). No.36 Hut. Fort. Stamford. Aug.4 H. Co. attached A Co. No.35. Hut. Home Sept.12 Dec 6 K.O.R. Lancs. 38 Brigade 15th Div. (Division). Medit. Exp. Force (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) G.P.O. London. 14 W.Point Mudros, Lemnos. Has gone to Mesopotamia. Letter dated 25/3/16 received May. Nov. 1916 No.4 Co. 16 Platoon 38 Inf. Bri. (Infantry Brigade). 13 Div. Killed Feb.1917 near Kut.' Note: Killed in action, 9 Feb 1917. Mesopotamia. 6th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database) (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 10003/13)
External sources: 6 Rosemount Road