George E. King
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No.28634. Private. 16 King's Liverpool Regt. (Regiment) / Manx Co. (Company). 3 Cheshire R. (Regiment). Barrack Street Class & Club. Tried to enlist but rejected for teeth. Joined I.O.M. Volunteers Then 16 K.L.R. (King's Liverpool Regiment) Reported June 14. Hoylake and then to near Rhyl Aug. (13). Dec. at Bidston Camp Nov. 1916 A Co. 2 Cheshire R. Salonika Nov. 1917 as before. Died of pneumonia in France. Oct. 17. 1918.' (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)
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