Name
John Mann
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
49355
Royal Army Medical Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
John Mann was born at Staines in the winter of 1871. He was one of nine children (five daughters and four sons) born to John (senior) and Mary Ann Mann. John (senior) worked as a Decorator and Paper Mache Worker. By the time of the 1891 Census the family had moved to Islington, but John (junior) was no longer recorded living with them.
In 1903 John married and in the 1911 Census was recorded living at Fir Tree Cottage, Abbots Road, Abbots Langley, and was employed at the Asylum working as an Attendant on the Insane. John and his wife had two sons, and one of his younger brothers, Frederick, lived with the family.
It is not known when John enlisted, however he was recorded in the Hertfordshire Advertiser on 23rd January 1915, at the age of 44, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), having been employed as a Night Attendant at the Asylum. Later that year he was photographed with Isaac Noy and Rob Cork (all from Abbots Road), and appeared in the Watford Illustrated newspaper on 21st August 1915.
John was first recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour in January 1917, still serving with the RAMC, and was recorded with this unit through to the end of the War. He was listed in the Absent Voter Records for Autumn 1918, serving with the RAMC and his address was given at Abbots Road, Abbots Langley.
John Mann survived the War.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
