Edward S. Skillicorn
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 26807. Sergeant. 16 King's Liverpool Regt. (Regiment). Joined from I.O.M. Vol. (Isle of Man Volunteers). Barrack Street Class & Club. Mar. Sergeants' Mess. Hoylake. Reported May 24 June 21. Near St. Asaph. Reported Sept. 13 Nov. 30 Sergeants Mess No. 7 Camp. Prees Heath Whitchurch Salop. Dec. 14 At Salonica. Wounded Oct. 1916 Nov. 1916 B. Co. (Company). 14 King's L'pool R. (Liverpool Regiment). 65 Brigade Salonica. Apr. as above. Killed May 8. Wife in Coronation Terrace. His brother. Jas. was killed in air raid at Salonica Feb. 27. 1917. Another younger brother, George - a Sunday School boy, is very ill with diabetes.' (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: 2 Princes Street