John Thomas Cain
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 28498. Private. Manx Co. 3 Cheshire R. (Regiment) Joined from. I.O.M. Vol. (Volunteers) at Wesleyan Hall Hoylake in March. Reported May 24. Dec. 14 Bidston Camp. Cheshire Corporal at Salonika. 2 Cheshire. Anxious because no letters from home. Aug. 14. 1916 C.Co. Nov. 1916 C.Co. 2 Cheshire R. Salonica. Killed at Salonica front. May 19. 1917 Widow & 7 children.' Note: Original number and regiment were 26834 and 16 King's Liverpool Regiment. (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 10003/2)
External sources: 18 Princes Street; 21 Hatfield Grove