Thomas Herbert Mann
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 22672
Parents: Alfred and Harriet Mann (nee Tovey)
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: 4 Church Road, Downend, Bristol. Lived: Overndale Road, Downend, Bristol (1891 and 1901 Census)
Pre-war occupation: Market Gardener
Date of birth: 1889
Date of death: 07/09/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France.
Age: 27
Further information:
Thomas was born in 1889 and was Baptised at St Saviours Church, Coalpit Heath on 5 April 1889.
Thomas served with the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and Died of Wound on 07/09/1916 aged 27 (Recorded on CWGC as 25).
The soldiers effects were distributed 50% to his mother Harriet and 50% to a Miss Emily Emery.
Thomas Mann is commemorated on the Downend Christ Church Memorial, the Staple Hill Page Park Memorial and the Staple Hill Methodist Church Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 and 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.