William Cowell
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 1646. Private. 9 King's Liverpool R (Regiment). Grandson of John Cowell's At Tunbridge Wells in Oct. Reported Nov. 30. Mar. 1. Battallion (sic) went to front in April? Address B. Co. (Company) 9. K. Liverpool R. British Expeditionary Force Said to be Wounded. May 24 Slightly wounded & gassed June 7. In Hospital Aug. 28.' (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 10003/5)
External sources: 5 Drinkwater Street