Name
Cecil Percy Mansell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/10/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
22682
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AWOINGT BRITISH CEMETERY
I. B. 22.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
London Colney Village Memorial, St Mark’s Church Plaque, Colney Heath, We are not aware of any memorial in Tyttenhanger Green
Pre War
He was the son of Mr. Samson and Mrs. Alice May Mansell, of Tyttenhanger Green, St. Albans and he was born in Tyttenhanger Green, Hertfordshire and, as with his brother Samson who also died, he lived in the last house in Tyttenhanger Green, away from The Plough PH (1901). Cecil was the youngest son and was baptised at St Mark’s Church Colney Heath. The 1901 census records Cecil (1) as one of seven children (five boys, two girls), his brother Samson (older by 7 years) also died serving in the Great War. The 1911 census confirms that Cecil is still a scholar. Prior to enlisting Cecil was in the employ of Charles Morris at Highfield Hall.
Wartime Service
Cecil enlisted in the Machine Gun Corps in Ampthill on 5th October 1915. - not yet aged 16 years old, he was Private 31541. Later he was posted to the Bedfordshire Regiment Cecil was in the Machine Gun Corps. Cecil departed for France on 21st May 1918 and died of his wounds on 23rd October 1918, following his first visit to the trenches of France.
Acknowledgments
Graham Clark – World War One – The Fallen of London Colney, Grace Clark, Jonty Wild
