A.V. Rooney
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 665. Corporal. D. Co. (Company) 2 Manchester Regt. (Regiment). Came from India a short time previously. 14 Brigade 5 Division Brit. Ex. Force (British Expeditionary Force) Was at Trafford Park Red Cross Auxiliary Mil. Hospital. Manchester in Nov. Feb. Italian Hospital. Rouen Parcel in Jan. & letter. Many letters afterwards. Home in April. Fiancee Killed in motor accident. Frequent reports. Gone to front Oct. 4. Address Nov.26 11 Manchester Sergt (Sergeant) 34 Brigade 11 Div. (Division). Med. Exp. Force (Mediterranean Expedition Force). G.P.O London May in Aux. Mil. Hosp. (Auxiliary Military Hospital ) Sherlock Street L.pool. Oct. 1916 B. Co. 3 Manchester R. Cleethorpes. Nov. 1917 360 Co. 29 Lines South Camp. Ripon. Nov. 1917 No.432869 L.C.B.D. A.R.O.S 3 BEF (British Expeditionary Force) Nov 1918 No details.' (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)
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