James W. Colvin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 26851 / 28556. Private. Manx Co. 3 Cheshire R (3rd Cheshire Regiment). Joined from I.O M. Vols. At New Bunnee Hoylake Reported June 7 Sept. 27. Whitchurch. Dec. 14. Bidston Camp. Birkenhead. Nov 1916 Sniping Sect. 13 Cheshire R. B.E F. (British Expeditionary Force) Apr 1917. As before. Oct. 1917 2nd Army Corps Infantry School. B.E.F. Missing Apr.10/20 1918. Prisoner of war Limburg. Nov. 1918 as before. Feb. 1919 No news presumed dead.' Note: Died 9 October 1918. 11 Cheshire Regiment. Previously 16 King's Liverpool Regiment according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (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)
External sources: 14 Orry Street