Thomas Cowell
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 8614. Private. 4 Liverpool Regt. (Regiment). At Beach Rd. School. Litherland. Oct. Reported Jan. 25 At Front Mar 9. Brother of Alf. & Ambrose Address British Expeditionary Force 1 Army Corps. Reported May 11. Made an allotment of 3/6 (3 shillings and sixpence) for week in Oct. Government not made any grant. Address cf Major Barlow. Head Qrtrs. C.R.E. (Commander Royal Engineers) Lahore Div. (Division) F.P.O. No. 9. (Field Post Office). Indian Expeditionary Force. Reported May. 24. Money received. Sept. 13. Nov. Dec. 14. c/o Col. Boileau C.R.E. 7. Div. B.E.F. Nov. 1916 H.Q. C.RE 7 Div. Eng. B.E.F Apr as before. Oct. 1917 as before. Nov. 1918 Groom to Brig. Gen. (Brigadier General) Boileau 10 Corps. H.Q. B.E.F.' (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 10003/5)
External sources: 18 Tynwald Street