J.D. Corris
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 28569. Private. 16 King's Liverpool / Manx Co. 3 Cheshire R (Regiment). Joined from I.O.M. Vols. at Wesleyan Hall Hoylake. Reported June 14 Nov. 30 Bidston Camp. Birkenhead. France Spring 1916 Wounded. Aug. 1916 in arm. Again wounded Oct - broken wrist. War Hosp Gosforth Newcastle. Nov. 1916 1 Cheshire R Northumberland War Hosp. Gosforth Newcastle on Tyne. Nov. 1917. W.Co. 15 Cheshire R. BEF. (British Expeditionary Force). Nov 1918 3 Plat W. Co. 15 Cheshire R. BEF.' (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 10003/4)
External sources: 18 Belmont Terrace