R.C. Cordiner
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 435295. Corporal. 12 Canadian Mtd (Mounted) Rifles. Address Victoria Barracks Calgary Alberta Reported Mar. 29. Dec 6 Sergeant A Co. 50. Batt. C.E.F. (Canadian Expeditionary Force). Bramshott Camp. Liphook Hants. Nov. 1916 Q.M. Sergt. A. Co 50 Canadian Inf. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Received commission in. Can. Inf. 1917. Reported wounded & missing on Apr 12 1917 at Vimy. a few days later reported killed.' Note: Born Harrogate, Yorkshire, 24 Oct 1889. Rank: Lieutenant. Mountain Guide by trade. Unmarried. Spent three years with East Surrey Volunteers. Enlisted and passed fit 9 Jun 1915 at Calgary. Height 5 feet 9 inches, girth 38 inches, complexion fair, eyes brown, hair fair. Son of Richard and Frances Cordiner. Brother of T.Y Cordiner 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 10003/4)
Lived at Stanley Mount