William Kitto
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 97688. Gunner. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). All Saints' Choir. Reported Oct. 163 Battery 51 Brigade Nov. Wellington Lines. Waterloo Barracks S. Camp. Aldershot Mar. A. Batt. 51 Brigade Louisburg Barracks Bordon. Furlough. Family moved to Dublin in May. Family back again May. 1916. Wounded June compound fracture of knee. In Hosp. Whitley June 30. Leg amputated Home. Nov. 1916.' (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 10003/9)
External sources: 16 Primrose Avenue