C.T. Gell
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 40419. Private. T.R.B. (Training Reserve Battalion) Reported November 1917 D. Co 14 Platoon 282 Infantry Battalion. 5 Norman House, Chandos Square, Broadstairs. Wounded in back May 7 1918. Cobridge East Ward, Military Hospital, Edmonton. December 1918 41539. C. Co 9 Platoon, 5. S.W.B.(South Wales Borderers) Pioneers B.E.F.(British Expeditionary Force).' (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 10003/7)
External sources: 39 Athol Street; 47 Athol Street