G. Preston
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 52298. Private. Manchester R (Regiment). Reported Oct. 1917. A.Co. 3 Platoon 3 Manchester R. Brocklesby Lincolnshire. Nov. 1918 No. 31335 2 E Lancs R. (East Lancashire Regiment) St John's Wood St Mary's Hosp. Lanark.' (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 10003/12)
External sources: 26 St George's Walk