- First Name(s):Bertie
- Surname:MANNING
- Service Number:14580
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Coldstream Guards
- Battalion:2nd Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:16th September 1916
- Age At Death:19
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 7D and 8D.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of William and Martha Manning, 10 Windsor Square, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
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Further Information About MANNING Bertie
William was born in Bromsgrove in 1897 and was the son of William and Martha Manning. In 1901 William was a coachman at a livery stables, in 1911 he is listed as a groom. Bertie was the 6th of 10 children. The eldest was Selina, who was a domestic servant, then came William and Sarah; fourth was Jennie who became a mill hand, then Harold, who was an assistant butcher. In 1911 aged 14, Bertie is listed as a lather boy at a hairdresser’s. Herbert, Dolly, Florence and Olive were the four youngest.
The same photograph of Private B. Manning of Bromsgrove can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 28th October 1916 and Saturday 16th December 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.
William Manning has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.
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Information AboutMANNING Bertie
Credits: Researched by Elizabeth Dovey. Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Berrow's Worcester Journal Supplement researched by Sandra Taylor.