Nicholas Mann was born 8 June 1880 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Nicholas was the son of a shoe maker and later cabinet maker, and former Colour Sergeant.
He served in the South Africa Campaign, though by the 1911 Census he is recorded as a labourer.
On attestation on 4 Sept 1914, from surviving papers, we learn that he was 5ft 6in tall, with blue eyes, brown hair and a 35 in chest.
He was posted 9 Sept 1914 though he remained on home duties until 22 Sept 1915. He was posted overseas with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 23rd September 1915.
In April 1916 he embarked for Alexandria April 1916 and thence to Basra. He suffered from two bouts of Malaria in August and October.
Pte Mann was killed in action, aged 38, on 15th December 1916
A pension was awarded 2 July 1917 to his wife and children.
Pte Nicholas Mann is commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 18 and 63.
9543 Private Nicholas Joseph Mann 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
15 December 1916 killed in action.
Initial research by Sandra Taylor
WFA member of the Worcestershire & Herefordshire Branch.
Researcher and Administrator : Remember the Fallen.
REFERENCE
Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.
Additional information on memorial: Worcestershire Regiment
Relatives : Memorial : Pershore Abbey
Ancestry: Short Attestation Papers and other Census and Military Documents.