A. Corkill
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 52975. Gunner. R.G.A. (Royal Garrison Artillery). Nov. at Newhaven. Dec. Furlough. Jan. Tynemouth March. 5 address Whinney House ? Low Fell Gateshead Reported May 25. Gone to France Sept. 22. Dec. 14. A.Sub. Sect. 35 Siege Battery B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Very well. May 1916 Nov. 1916 As before Nov. 1917 Left Batt. B. Sect. 35 Siege Battery R.G.A. B.E.F. Nov. 1918 Bombardier Left sect. as before.' (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: 6 Mona Street