R.C. Kewin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 26909 /28632. Private. 16 King's Liverpool R. (Regiment) / Manx Co. (Company) 3 Cheshire R. (Regiment). Reported end of April - Joined from I.O.M. Vol. (Isle of Man Volunteers). Reported May 14 at Hoylake. No money has come May 21. Money received June 7. Reported Sept. 8. Much begging. Dec. 10 Bidston Camp. Birkenhead. Oct.1916 Removed. Killed at Salonika Jan.18.1918.' (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: 30 Barrack Street