L/Cpl
George Cyril Stanley Mann

Information about birth

Date of birth:
15/09/1897
Place of birth:
Clapham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

General information

Profession:
High School Student

Army information

Country:
England, United Kingdom
Force:
British Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Service number:
G/19275
Enlistment date:
22/05/1916
Enlistment place:
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Units:
 —  East Surrey Regiment, 8th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
09/08/1917
Place of death:
Stirling Castle, Zillebeke, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
19

Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: LIX
Row: B
Grave: 11

Distinctions and medals 2

British War Medal
Medal — 07/10/1920
Victory Medal
Medal — 07/10/1920

Points of interest 3

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place
#3 Place of death (approximate)

My story

George Cyril Stanley Mann was born in 1897 in Clapham, Surrey. He was the son of Samuel Edward Mann and Emma Louisa Sparrow. According to the De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour and the 1911 Census, George was still in secondary school, when he enlisted in June 1916. By August 1917 George served as a Lance Corporal in the machine gun section, of the 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment, 55th Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division.

On 4 August 1917 the 8th East Surrey’s moved into the support lines near observatory Ridge. While being in support the companies of the Battalion were shelled on a daily basis, suffering several casualties. At midnight on the 9th of August two companies of the 7th Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) moved out to Stirling Castle, in anticipation of the impending attack on Inverness Copse. They were accompanied by “B” Company of the 8th East Surrey’s, who were to occupy the front line, as soon as the attack was launched.

Lance Corporal George Cyril Stanley Mann was killed in action on the 9th of August 1917. He possibly fell, due to German shell fire, moments before the attack on Inverness Copse and was initially buried at Stirling Castle. George’s remains were exhumed after the war and were interred in Tyne Cot Cemetery. He was 20 years old.

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Sources 1

55 Infantry Brigade: 8 Battalion East Surrey Regiment, (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2050/5).
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303
Further reference

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