FRANK AUSTIN SHEPPARD MANN
Photograph courtesy of David Webb.
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – 1917.
JOE
Born: 1st August 1888, Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
Baptised on the 4th November 1888, at St. Andrew’s Church, Rushmere St. Andrew – family home at Rushmere St. Andrew.
Died: 11th September 1917; age 29; died of wounds – Gas Poisoning. Had previously been gassed, but returned to the front in December 1916.
Residence: Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
Date of Entry Therein: 13th August 1914.
Rank: Lance Sergeant; Service Number: 13577
Regiment: Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1914 Star & Clasp.
Grave Reference:
III.B.40.
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
Graves Directory :
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mann, of Rushmere St. Andrew; husband of Elizabeth Mann, of 134, Finchley Road, Ipswich.
Brother-in-law to ARTHUR GEORGE BARHAM and ARTHUR ROBERT CRACKNELL.
CENSUS
1891 Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
Frank was 2 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Charles Mann, 49, a Farm Labourer, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Anne Maria Mann (nee King), 46, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Charles Alfred Mann, 24, a Farm Labourer, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Frederick Henry Mann, 22, a Railway Labourer – Plate, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Walter John Mann, a Stable Lad – Groom, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Alice Louisa Mann, 15, a Mother’s Help at home, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Ernest William Mann, 14, a Farm Labourer, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Robert James Mann, 12, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Arthur William Dunnett Mann, 11, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Mildred Elizabeth Mann, 9, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Edgar Charles Mann, 7, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Rosabella Mann, 5, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
Ida Annie Mann, 1, born Rushmere St. Andrew.
1901 Seven Cottages, Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
Frank was 12 years old and living with his widowed mother, siblings & nephew.
Anne, 56.
Charles, 34, an Agricultural Labourer.
George, 26, a Miller’s Carter.
Ernest, 22, a Maltster’s Labourer.
Edgar, 17, a Horseman on a Farm.
Rosabella, 15.
Ida, 11.
Alfred Mann, 4, born Henley, Suffolk.
1911 Seven Cottages, Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
Frank was 22 years old, an Army Reserve – Grenadier Guards. He was living with his mother, brothers & nephew.
Anne, 66.
Charles, 45, a Farm Labourer.
George, 36, a Farm Labourer.
Arthur, 31, a Maltster’s Labourer.
Edgar, 27, a Farm Labourer.
Alfred, 14, a General Gardener’s Assistant – Domestic.
Frank’s father, Charles Mann, died in 1893, at Rushmere St. Andrew, and was buried on the 3rd October.
In 1915, Ipswich, Frank married Elizabeth Barham, born February 1891, Ipswich and baptised on the 23rd April 1891 at St. Clement’s Church, Ipswich – daughter of William Barham, a malster for Sizer & Lord, Malsters, of Fore Street, Ipswich, and Laura Barham (nee Martin), of 134, Finchley Road, Ipswich.
Elizabeth and Frank had one daughter:
Laura Annie Mann, born 7th November 1916, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Elizabeth Mann – widow.
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