J. Curphy
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. (NOTE - 64896 crossed out). Private. 3 King's Liverpool R (Regiment). Called up . Feb . 1917 Wife died a fortnight later Apr. G. Co. 3.K.L.R. (3rd King's Liverpool Regiment) Llanion Barracks. Pembroke Dock Nov.1917. No.11769 No 3 Ward Mil. Hosp. (Military Hospital) Belton Pk (Park) Grantham ?dead later.' Note: Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms date of death as 23 March 1918 and service no as 91176, not 11769. (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: 2 St Georges Street; 9 St Georges Street