John Mangan
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John was the son of Michael and Sarah Ann Mangan (nee Turner). John's father was born in the County of Dublin, Ireland, in about 1856 and his mother in Skegby, Nottinghamshire, in 1864 (J/A/S Southwell), the daughter of William Dixon Turner and Mary Turner. Michael and Sarah were married in 1898 (J/A/S Basford) and had three children, one of whom died young. Their two surviving children were John b. 12 June 1898 (1898 A/M/J Basford) and Mary b. 1900 (J/A/S Basford). The 1901 Census gives the children's place of birth as Cossall but as Ilkeston Junction on the 1911 Census. John's RN record gives his place of birth as Ilkeston. In 1901 Michael (44), a machine minder, and Sarah (35) were living on Digby Street, Cossall, with their two children John (2) and Mary (6 months). By 1911 the family was living on Station Road, Ilkeston Junction, in the civil parish of Cossall. Michael was now described as a hosiery framework knitter. Both John and Mary were at school. John's parents were still living at the same address when they were notified of their son's death in 1918. Michael Mangan died in 1937 (December Mansfield) at the age of 81 and Sarah Ann Mangan in 1958 (June Mansfield) at the age of 94. John's sister, Mary, has not yet been traced after the 1911 Census.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. 'A' Company, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division John enrolled in the RNVR on 30 January 1917 and entered the following month on 13 February. He was drafted for the British Expeditionary Force on 26 June 1917, joining Hood Battalion on 22 July 1917. He was with the Battalion until 27 October the same year when he was wounded but able to rejoin less than a month later on 23 November. On 26 February 1918 he reported sick and did not rejoin the Battalion until 21 March. According to the RND record, John was recorded missing, assumed killed in action, but he was later reported as having died of wounds on 24 March while a Prisoner of War. His pay book and disc were forwarded from Saxon Field Hospital on 5 July 1918. John was buried in Cambrai East Military Cemetery, grave reference VII.B.32 (see details in 'extra information').
CWGC cemetery details (extract): ‘Cambrai was occupied by German forces on 26 August 1914 and it remained in German hands until 9 October 1918 … Cambrai East Military Cemetery was made by the Germans during their occupation and laid out with the greatest care, with monuments erected in it to the French, Commonwealth and German dead. On 11 August 1918, as an inscription in the cemetery records, the Bavarian Commandant handed over to the city the care and maintenance of the cemetery. The graves have now been regrouped … Plot VII contains the graves of Commonwealth prisoners.’
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