Montague Barrow
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 26076 / 49035. Trooper. 15 Hussars. enlisted early in the war. Address in Dec.1914 Irish Cavalry Depot Kilmainham Dublin. Furlough Jan.1915. Parcel sent &acknowledged Mar. a member of All Saint's Bible Class. Brother of A.E.Barrow. A.S.C.[M.T.] (Army Service Corps [Motor Transport]) Transferred to Infantry June 28 I R. Irish Reg. 8143 A.Co.27 Div.. Dec 14. Nov.1916 82 Machine Gun Corps. 27 Div. Salonica Forces. Nov 1917 as before. Nov.1918 B Co. M.G.C.(Machine Gun Corps) No 2 L. of C. Area Reception Camp. B.E.F.( British Expeditionary Force).' (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 10003/1)
External sources: 1 Hillary Park