John Corlett
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 6067. Private. 1 Wilts Regt. (Wiltshire Regiment). married 2 children. Reservist Wounded. early. Wife died in Nov. Furlough. Was at Oxford Military Hospital. Reported Jan. Parcel Feb. 10. Reported Mar. 16. Returned to front. Address. The Grenade Co. 21 Brigade British Expeditionary Force Reported June 7 Wounded June 16 In Caird Rest Hospital Dundee. Bullet through shoulder. Aug. 25. due home in a few days. Dec. 14 at Knockaloe Camp. Nov 1916. No. 9615. R.G.A. (Royal Garrison Artillery) 42 Siege Battery. 15 Corps. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Gunner. Formerly in Wilts R. see Apr. 1917 as above.' (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: 20 Barrack Street