Arthur McKibbin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 8874. Private. 1st Northumberland Fusiliers. Married. 2 children (boys) Reported Oct with Brit Ex Force (British Expeditionary Force) Parcel sent . Letter received Dec.7 . Card Jan 4 : Reported weekly .Reported missing on June 16th 1915. No news Aug 23 To be accounted dead. Widow and two young boys. Moved to Chapel Row . Laxey.' Note: Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms date of death as 16 June 1915. First few sentences not Reverend Kermode's handwriting. (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 10003/10)
External sources: 3 Peel Road