L/Cpl
George Cyril Stanley Mann

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
15/09/1897
Geboorteplaats:
Clapham, Surrey, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Scholier

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Lance Corporal
Service nummer:
G/19275
Dienstneming datum:
22/05/1916
Dienstneming plaats:
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Eenheden:
 —  East Surrey Regiment, 8th Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
09/08/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Stirling Castle, Zillebeke, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
19

Begraafplaats

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: LIX
Rij: B
Graf: 11

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

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

Points of interest 3

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Dienstneming plaats
#3 Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering)

Mijn verhaal

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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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
Verdere verwijzing
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/463867/mann,-george-cyril-stanley/
Gebruikte bronnen
The Long, Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Gebruikte bronnen
War Diary East Surrey Regiment 8th Bn.
http://www.nmarchive.com/
Verdere verwijzing