Jephthah W. Corkill
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 26855 / 28560. Private. 16 King's Liverpool Regt / Manx. Co. 3 Cheshire R (3rd Cheshire Regiment). Joined from I.O.M. Vols. at Wesleyan Hall Hoylake Reported May 24. Sept. 13 at Whitchurch. Dec. 14. Bidston Camp Birkenhead. Nov 1916 L-Corp. Manx. Co. 2 Cheshire R. Salonica Force. Oct. 1917 as before. Nov. No 1 Co. Brit. Convalescent Camp. Corfu Oct. 1918 C. Co. 12 Cheshire R. B. Sal. F..(12 Cheshire Regiment British Salonica Force) Later 28 Gen. Hosp. B.S.F.' (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: 22 Tynwald Street