Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookcompany detached with the front line of the 3rd Brigade, and the General (Loudon) and his Staff Officer, Major Grant, both expressed to me their great sorrow at his loss, and their appreciation of the excellent work he had done for them. I had personally come specially in contact with him several times since he was detached, and was much impressed with the excellent spirit in which he was carrying out his independent duties. There must be this consolation that his death must have been instantaneous ... also there is the feeling, of which you should be proud, that he was killed actually on the field of battle while in the execution of his duty, and he had borne his share of the great hardships the company had gone through, and was much appreciated by his brother officers." [Illustration: =John Dundas Manley.=] =MANN, ERNEST WALTER CHARLES=, Private, No. 9489, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Albert Mann, of 61, Rosebery Road, Ipswich, Sawyer, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Westbourne, near Ipswich, 1878; enlisted in the Suffolks at the age of 18, and served eight years with the Colours and four in the Reserve, and after the outbreak of war rejoined his old regt. in Sept. 1914; went to France, in Nov., and was killed in action at La Bassée, 8 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, 2 Dec. 1905, Ethel Frances (12, Benhall Green, Saxmundham), dau. of Thomas Holland, and had a son: Ronald Albert, _b._ 27 June, 1912. =MANN, HOWARD WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 11617, 12th (Service) Battn. King's Liverpool Regt., _s._ of George Mann, of Blakeney, co. Glos., Wood Sawyer; _b._ Blakeney, 17 Nov. 1877; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the Monmouth R.E. (Militia) in April, 1895; served for two years and five days, and obtained his discharge by purchase, July, 1897; later became a member of the Cyclist Coy. Liverpool Battn. National Reserve, and on the outbreak of war re-enlisted in the Liverpool Regt., Aug. 1914; died of pneumonia at Aldershot, 21 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at Gloucester, 24 Dec. 1898, Sarah Jane, dau. of John Papps, of Stroud; _s.p._ =MANN, REUBEN=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22131 (Ports.), H.M.S Hawke, _s._ of William Mann, of Bishops Itchington, Leamington Spa; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =MANN, WILLIAM HORACE=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. E. 13136, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MANNERING, ARTHUR LIDSTONE=, Cook's Mate, M. 5540, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MANNING, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1618, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Alfred Manning, Coal Porter; _b._ Canning Town, E., 27 Aug. 1895; educ. Cyprus Place Council School, New Beckton, E.; joined the Rangers, 12 June, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France with his Battn. at the end of Dec. 1914, and died of wounds received in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 24-26 April, 1915; _unm._ =MANSFIELD, JOHN RICHARD=, A.B., 213674 (Ports), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MANSFIELD, THOMAS RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5775), S.S. 487, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MANSFIELD, WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 276756, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =MANSON, MAGNUS MURRAY=, Rifleman, No. 1999, A Coy. 1/21st (1st Surrey Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of James Alexander Manson, of 4, Cornwall Avenue, Church End, Finchley, author and journalist, by his wife, Margaret Emily, dau. of Charles Deering; _b._ at Herne Hill, London, 30 Sept. 1891; educ. Alleyn's School, Dulwich; was a Clerk, first in the Education Department of the London County Council and, secondly, in the London Office of the Guaranty Trust of New York; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg L'Avoué, 9 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried the same day in the little churchyard there behind the firing line. Capt. Quintin Walford, his Coy. Officer, wrote: "His loss is much felt by his comrades of 'A' Coy. and by me. He was conscientious and hard working, and died doing his duty for his King and Country." [Illustration: =Magnus Murray Manson.=] =MANT, WILLIAM=, S.P.O., 306427. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MAPLESTONE, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1857), 290210, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MAPPLETHORPE, CLAUDE=, Rifleman, No. 1508, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frank Mapplethorpe, of 9, Delamere Terrace, Paddington. Tailor, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Alexander Mould; _b._ Lumley Street, Oxford Street, W., 5 May. 1892; educ. Camble Street Council School, N. Paddington; was by trade a Tailor; joined the Rangers about 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France in Dec. 1914, and died in the 5th General Hospital, Rouen, on 2 July, 1915, of wounds received at St. Julien, near Ypres, on 3 May. He was buried in the cemetery at St. Sever, Rouen; _unm._ His brother Frank, serving in the same battn., was wounded and taken prisoner on 8 May. Their platoon sergt. wrote of them: "Both brothers did some splendid work while we were in the trenches, and stood by me like bricks." [Illustration: =Claude Mapplethorpe.=] =MARDELL, EDWARD=, Private. R.M.L.I., Ch. 16690, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MARKER, RAYMOND JOHN, D.S.O.=, Col., Coldstream Guards, 1888-1913. Staff Officer, eldest _s._ of Richard Marker, of Combe, Honiton, co. Devon. J.P., D.L., late Capt. 1st Devon Yeomanry, by his wife, the Hon. Victoria Alexandrina, née Digby, eldest dau. of Edward, 9th Baron Digby; _b._ Upcerne Manor, Dorchester, 18 April, 1867; educ. Evelyns Preparatory School, Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 15 Nov. 1888, and promoted Lieut., 29 Sept. 1890; Capt. 1st Battn. 24 Jan. 1898; Brevet Major, 26 June, 1902; Major, 29 Nov. 1903; Lieut.-Col. 2nd Battn. 11 March, 1911, and Col. 5 Aug. 1914; was Adjutant, Coldstream Guards, 7 March, 1892, to 6 March, 1896; A.D.C. to Gov. and Com.-in-Chief (Sir Joseph West Ridgway), Ceylon, 7 March, 1896, to 5 Dec., 1897; A.D.C. to Viceroy of India, 6 Jan. 1899 to 9 March, 1900; on special service in South Africa, 7 April, 1900, to 8 March, 1901; and A.D.C. to General Officer, Com.-in-Chief the Forces, South Africa, 9 March, 1901, to Sept. 1902; served through that campaign; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, April to May, 1900, including actions at Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May to June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria, Ju |