Philip S. Crelllin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 28.575. Private. Manx Co. (Company) 3 Cheshire R (Regiment). Barrack St. Class & Club. From I.O.M. Vols. (Volunteers). To go May 18. Brother of Chas. & Rich. . At Whitchurch .Salop (Shropshire). Sept. 8 Nov. 29. Bidston Camp. Nov. 1916 Manx Co. 2 Cheshire R. (Regiment) Salonica Apr. 1917 as above. Confirmed at Malta in April 1917. Had been ill Nov. 1917 2 Cheshire R. Manx Co. Salonica Oct. 1918 as before. Transport Sect. (Section) B.S.F. (British Salonica Force).' Note: previous regiment given as 16 King's Liverpool Regiment (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: 16 Nelson Street; 11 Market Street; 18 Wellington Street