Edward Curphey
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 20600. Private. B.Co 14 Royal Scots. 53 Dorchester Rd. Weymouth married 2 children. Reported frequently by B.H.K Left about Feb. 2. On Furlough owing to father's death. Returned .Apr.2. Moved to 29 Bigwell St Reported June 14 Gone to France. 15 Division - Infantry Base Aug. 13 Rumour that he was wounded . Oct.5. Fingers of right hand and face on Sept 28 Was at 15 Infantry Base Depot A.P.O.17. (Army Post Office 17) Dec .6 Attached to A.Co 10 Entrenching Co. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Home Nov. 1916. 16 Platoon 16 Royal Scots B.E.F. Dec. Sapper Co. 101 Brigade B.E.F. Apl 1917 as before. Missing on Apr 28. Reported killed (June 13) on Apr.28.' Note: Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms date of death as 28 April 1917. (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: 43 Peel Road; 31 Bigwell Street