A.E. Costain
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 28528. Private. 7. Borders R.(Regiment) Called up June 1916. 18 years. Ex choirboy and S.S. (Sunday School). 7.Co. No. 6 Hut Bungalow Camp. Pembroke. Nov. Fort Habbeston Milford Haven. Apr. 1917 as before. Nov. 1917. A Co. 2 Platoon 7 Borders R. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Wounded Aug 1918 Nov. 1918 L. Corp. (Lance Corporal). Ward 7. The Close Red X Hosp. (Red Cross Hospital) Winchester.' Note: Number & Regiment previously given as No. 37136 3 Kings Liverpool R. (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 10003/5)
Lived at Victoria Street