Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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John Lawson Mann
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: September 1914
- Place of enlistment: Annan
- Service no: 13087
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Kings Own Scottish Borderers
- Unit/Ship: 6th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 22
- Date of Death: 27.09.1915
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Chocques Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: I.E.49.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 02.02.1893
- Place of Birth: Glasterlaw, Kinnell
- Address: Parkhill Mains, Arbroath
- Occupation: Gardener
- Mother:
Jane Annandale (formally Mann) Cadgers Path, Finavon, Forfar
- Father:
Alexander Mann
- Siblings:
Alexander (1891-1916), Bella (1894-1983) Margaret Jane (1896-1979) & William Inverarity (1899-1918)
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about John Lawson Mann
John was listed as being a Gardener in a Bothy off Perth Rd (near Farrington Tce) Dundee in the 1911 Census.
His two brothers also fell in the Great War, Pte Alexander Mann, S/22531, 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action, 03.09.1916 and Pte William Mann, S/24347, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, who died of wounds, 25.10.1918.
Information kindly supplied by Colin Inverarity
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