W.S. Corkish
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 43005. Private. 15 W. Yorks. R. (West Yorkshire Regiment). Reported Oct. 1917. 13 Corps D.T.D. B.E.F. Nov. 5 Platoon B. Co. 15th Yorks. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Married and lives in Shefffield. Brother of M Kinley & of F.W & R. Corkish.' (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: 2 Hatfield Grove