Robert Arthur Quilliam
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 59449. Gunner. R.H.A. (Royal Horse Artillery). Reported Nov. 1916 3 Sect. Ammunition Column 1st Indian Cavalry Div. (Division) B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Oct. 1916. U or W Battery R.H.A. 4 Cavalry Div. B.E.F. Killed by shell Oct. 3. 1918. Married, wife at Port St. Mary. Parents as above.' Note: 16th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 3 October 1918, aged 29. Husband of Harriett K. Quilliam of High Street, Port St Mary 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 10003/12)
External sources: 66 Allan Street