William Cornelius
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 76728. Private. R.A.M.C. (Royal Army Medical Corps) / R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Was in I.O.M. Vol. Then joined R.A.M.C. Since discharged. Reason not known Has since enlisted in an Irish Regt - (Oct. 4) name not known. Presumed to be dead. All these details are wrong.. Nov. 30 As above D Battery 59 Brigade 11 Division Medit. Exp. Force (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) Jan. Hospital Leeds v. ill Dec. 1916 121 Battery 27 Brigade B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force).' (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: 64 Athol Street