Douglas Cottier
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 79465. Driver. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Reported May 14. C.E.M.S.(Church of England Men's Society) Soldiers' Institute Swanage. Called June 16 Dec.? 3 Sect.. (Section) 17 Div. (Division) B.E.F. Nov. 1916 3 Sect. 17. D.A.C. (Divisional Ammunition Column) R.F.A. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Nov. 1917 as before but 2.Sect. Nov.1918 B Sub. (Subdivision) 60 Batt. (Battery) R.F.A. Lessness Park Abbey Wood. London.' (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: 12 Circular Road