J. Kelso
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 7418. Sapper. R. Mon. Eng. (Royal Monmouth Engineers). ('Private' and '14 Royal Scots' crossed out). enlisted in February. Lived with his mother who has now left the Island. Address Weymouth Brother of Wm. 16 Liverpool R. (Regiment) . Reported May 24. Later at Hawick.. At the Front for some time Oct. 5 Dec. 10. In Mon. Eng. No.1 Siege Co. R. Mon Eng. (S.R.) (Special Reserve) Brit Exp. Force (British Expeditionary Force) Nov. 1916 as before .Oct. 1917 same as before . Oct.1918 Conf. (Confirmed) 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 10003/8)
External sources: 34 Hope Street