W.R. Kennaugh
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 26904 / 28627. Private. 16 Kings' Liverpool R. (Regiment) / Manx Co. (Company). 3 Cheshire R. (Regiment). Former choirboy. Barrack Street Class and Club. Joined from I.O.M. Vol. (Isle of Man Volunteers). At New Bunnee Hoylake. Reported. Mar. May 24 Sept.27 at Whitchurch. Has been home recently Nov. 30 Bidston Camp. Salonika May Nov. 1916 Manx Co. 2 Cheshire Salonika Forces G.P.O. London April 1917 as before Oct. 1917 L. Corp. (Lance Corporal) as before Oct. 1918 Corp C. Co. 2 Cheshire R. B. Sal. Forces (British Salonika Forces).' (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 10003/9)
External sources: 22 Athol Street