Joseph Alfred Cubbon
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 28483. Private. Manx Co. 3 Cheshire R (Regiment). (NOTE - 16 King's Liverpool R crossed out). Joined from I.O.M. Vols (Volunteers) at Wesleyan Hall Hoylake Reported May 24. June 21 at Rhyl Dec-14 Sergt (Sergeant) Bidston Camp. Birkenhead . Nov .1916 attached 8 Cheshire R. 40 Brigade 13 Div . D. Mesopotamia. Apr. 1917 as before .Nov.1917 No.12. C.B.I Depot Kirkee India . 1918 Oct 5R.Batt. Kirkee India.' (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 10003/6)
External sources: 23 Princes Street