Sefton Caine
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 9204. Private. 1 Loyal North Lancashire Regt. (Regiment). The first Manxman to return wounded Wounded at Mons. in Aug. Furlough. In Nov. at Tulfwood (sic - actually Fulwood) Barracks. Preston Reported Nov. 18. Dec. 7. still at Preston. Known to be in France Mar. 9. but no news. British Expeditionary Force Doing Well Mar 29. No News. June 7. Reported June 21. Sept. 27 Dec. 14. D. Co. L.N. Lancs. (Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) Medit. Exp. Force (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) L. Corp. (Lance Corporal) June 1. No word for many months. Sergt. (Sergeant) Mother v. anxious. 6 L.N. Lancs. I. Exp. Force. (Indian Expeditionary Force) Mesopotamia June 3. July 29 Missing since Dardanelles. Nov. 1916. No. news Nov. 1917 Acting Q.M.Sgt. (Quarter Master Sergeant) 6 L.N.L.R. (Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) Mesopotamia.' (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 10003/2)
External sources: 83 Bucks Road