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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 85158 Lander George MANN - 2nd/2nd Battalion, London Regiment


Killed in Action on Thursday 19th September 1918 aged 19

Lander Mann1


Military History

   
Theatre of WarMedalsCommonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery
     
Arrived in TheatreMedal Citation (if app)SWFHS Area Memorials
After Oct 1917 ~ Long Itchington | Stockton
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason KilledDate and Place EnlistedOther War Memorials
Battle of the Hindenburg Line After October 1917 at Rugby  
     
Place of DeathPrevious Regiments or Units  
Peiziere Pte 41717 Royal Warwickshire  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Lander was killed on 19 Sep 1918 during a successful operation to clear German troops from the Poplar trench system near Peiziere on the Hindenburg Line, after which the battalion was relieved in the lines by the 2nd/4th Bn London Regiment.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/PlaceBapitsm Date/Place
28 May 1899 at Long Itchington 10 Sep 1899 at Long Itchington
   
Parents NamesParents Abode
George and Elizabeth Ann Mann Long Itchington, Stockton and Rugby
   
SchoolsColleges
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Address HistoryEmployment History                       
1899 - Long Itchington 1911 - School
1901 - Long Itchington  
1911 - Elm Row, Stockton  
1918 - 22 Rowland Street, Rugby