Thomas Albert Hay
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 9541. Private. 4 R. Lancaster R (Royal Lancaster Regiment); B Co., 8 Rifle Brigade. Barrack Street Class and Club. In D. Co. Reported November 30. Later rejected for eyesight. Later joined Rifle Brigade and accepted. Reported June 7. Reported August 25 Address- 8 Battalion, Liverpool Rifle Brigade, British Expeditionary Force. Is this the Rifle Brigade or 8 Kings Liverpool Regiment. Wounded September 15 - Address November 26, 14 Division Base Depot, (B.E.F.) British Expeditionary Force. Letter April 1916. Discharged October 1916. Postman.' (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 10003/7)
External sources: 25 Barrack Street