John Mann

Private Jack Mann, 1/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, died of wounds on 18th April 1918. He is buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension.

An article published on 3rd May 1918 in the Mansfield Reporter and Sutton Times reads :- “MANSFIELD CORPORAL KILLED. “Mr. and Mrs. F. Mann, Bishop-street, have received the sad news of the death of their youngest son, Corporal Jack Mann, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was severely wounded on the 2nd [22nd?] March in France, and died in hospital there on April 19th. Twice previously he had been wounded — Easter Monday, 1917, and October, 1917. He had done three months' training in France for his Commision, [sic] and was expected home in a few days to complete his preparation at a Cadet school in England, when the big battle commenced on the 21st March. For sometime after leaving Mr. Maltby's school he was with Mr. Bradfield , accountant, and Mr. Hardy, Mansfield. He enlisted in 1916.” Above article is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918