A.H. Cain
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 23485. Private. B. Co. 12 King's Liverpool Regt. (Regiment). He seems to have enlisted twice the first time in the Shropshire L.I. (Light Infantry) He came begging before he went away. Address in Dec. F. Block. N. (North)Camp. Aldershot. (May) He seems to have enlisted three times. & was once discharged as unlikely to make a good soldier. At the end of April, he was at home professing to be injured & was begging at Thornton About May 1. he was arrested as deserter. His people had moved to 9? Frederick St. Nov. 1916 Orry St Co.D. 3 King's Liverpool R. Llanion Barracks. Pembroke Dock.' (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: 30 Princes Street; Orry St; Clarke Street