R.J. Brew
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No.9808. R.N.(Royal Navy) H.M.S. Victory. Confirmed Mar. 1915. Left same week for Navy. at Portsmouth. H: Reported May 24. Dec. 14. Coming home for Xmas. 18 Mess. R. Naval Barracks Shotley Harwich. On H.M.S. Revenge. Apr.1916 Nov. No 352 19 Mess. H.M.S. Revenge. G.P.O. London Apr.1. 1917 as before (No 352) Oct.1917 No 22 Mess. Nov.1918 No 8 Mess H.M.S.Canopus Chatham.' (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 10003/1)
External sources: 38 Tynwald Street; Hill Street