William Stopperton
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'Private. 16 King's Liverpool Regt. (Regiment) / Manx Co. (Company). 3 Cheshire R. (Regiment). Joined from I.O.M. Vol. (Isle of Man Volunteers). Barrack Street. C.L.B. (Club). S.S. (Sunday School) etc. Reported at various times June 7 at Hoylake. Later near St. Asaph. Home at H.C. Oct. 3. Nov. 30 Bidston Camp Nov. 1916 H. Co. 3 Cheshire R. Gamlins Laird Street. Birkenhead. Nov. 1917 No.422 Agricultural Co. Labour Corps Welsh Depot Cardiff. Nov. 1918 Family 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 10003/13)
Lived at North Quay; 31 Falcon Street