James Bramwell Skillicorn
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 28496. Private. 16 King's Liverpool Regt. (Regiment) / Manx Co. (Company). 3 Cheshire R. (Regiment). Joined from I.O.M. Vols. (Isle of Man Volunteers). Brother of Ed. S. Went to Hoylake. Reported May 24. June 21. Near St Asaph. Reported Sept. 13. Dec. 14 Corporal Bidston Camp. Birkenhead. Nov. 1916 Manx Co. 2 Cheshire R. Salonica Reported Missing Feb. 27 1917. Since (May) reported Killed in an air raid.' Note: Previous Service No. 27655. Acting Sergeant. Killed in action, 27 February 1917, Serbia 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 10003/13)
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