Nicholas Joseph Mann was killed in action on this day in 1916
Nicholas Mann was born on 8 June 1880 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, 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 inch chest.
He was posted on 9 Sept 1914 though he remained on home duties until 22 Sept 1915. He was posted overseas with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 23 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.
Nicholas Mann was killed in action, aged 38, on 15 December 1916.
A pension was awarded on 2 July 1917 to his wife and children.
9543 Pte Nicholas Joseph Mann, 9th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment