Richard Skillicorn
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 20949. Private. 14 Royal Scots. Enlisted in winter. Reported March. 16. in A. Co. (Company). 3 Royal Crescent Weymouth Mar. 30. May. 11. Had much trouble to get mother sufficient allowance from government. Partly successful. June 21. Reported at Hawick Aug. 23 Forlough. France Oct. Wounded in ear in 4 Stationary Hosp. France. Nov. 13. Dec. 14? R.Scots. 16 Gen. Hosp. (General Hospital). Le Treport. France. Nov. 1916, No 9 Army Corps. Head Quarters B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Apr. as before. Nov. 1917 No 372994. 748 Area Employment. July 9th. A. Corps. B.E.F. Nov. 1918, Co/ Lieut. (Lieutenant). [Dufton Att] No 9 Squadron. H.Q. B.E.F.' (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: 9 Peveril Terrace