Robert C. Collister
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 78145. Private. I.O.M Volunteers / Manchester R. (Regiment). Joined in middle of June. Reported 28. Dec. 14 Not fit for foreign service May 1916 Joined Mon. Eng.(Monmouth Engineers) Sept. Rejected. Demobilised Dec. 1916. 1917 Corporal at Knockaloe Nov. 1918. 3 Batt Manchester R. Caesar's Reinforcement Camp A.P.O. L.I. (Light Infantry) BEF. (British Expeditionary Force). Italy.' (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: 10 Eastfield Road