W.R. Skelley
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 203358. Rifleman. 13 Rifle Brigade. Reported Nov. 1916. A. Co. (Company). B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). 1 Platoon A. Co. 13 R. Bde. (Rifle Brigade). B.E.F. Nov. 1917. Wounded in neck. May 1918 Wounded shrapnel Aug. 1918 Nov. 1918 37. Ward. Northern Gen. Hosp. (General Hospital). Leeds.' (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: 20 South Quay