F.K. Looney
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 358203 Private. 2/10 Liverpool Scottish. Nov.1916 A. Co. Blacktown Barracks. Blacktown Hants Nov.1917 A .Co. 2/10 K.L.R. (King's Liverpool Regiment) Transport Sect. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Moved to 8 Dalton St. Killed July 1918.' Note: 7318 crossed out. Commonwealth War Graves Commission shows date of death as 24 July 1918. Killed as a result of German air raid in France, aged 32. Husband of Martha French Looney of 8 Dalton Street, Douglas 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 10003/10)
External sources: 4 Wesley Terrace