T.H.W. Colbourne
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 26850 / 28554. Private. 16 King's Liverpool / Manx Co. 3 Cheshire R. (Manx Company 3rd Cheshire Regiment). All Saints Bible Class. Joined from I.O.M Vols. (Isle of Man Volunteers). At New Bunnee Hoylake. Been home Sept. Whitchurch. Oct. 4. Dec. 14 Manx Co Bidston Camp Nov. 1916 No. 4 Camp St Barnabas. Ghain Taffeta (Tuffieha) Malta. Nov. 1917 E. Co Cheshire R. Hut 27 Knowsley Park. Prescott. Wounded Apr. 1918. Shell wounds. 74 Gen. Hosp, Trouville France Nov. 1918 10 Ward. The Queen's Hosp. Sidcup Kent.' (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 10003/4)
Lived at Roseleigh, Brunswick Road