John Douglas
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No.1197. Private. 5 Kings Own R (Royal) Lancaster. Reported Oct at Didcot. Nov.6. c/o Mrs Bennet, Church St Newtown Didcot . Dec at Sevenoaks. . Letter from Vicarage arrived Jan. Reported Mar.26 as Regimental. Police, 2/5 K.O.R. Lancs. Sevenoaks British Expeditionary Force May 24 Reported Wounded. June 12 At Rouen in Hospital July 31 Reported Sept.13 moved to S. Quay Dec. 14. Grenadier Co. (Company) 2 Brigade B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Discharged. Moved across.' (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 10003/6)
External sources: 24 Tynwald Street; 16 South Quay