319 L/Cpl Fred Manning of the 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, died of wounds on 2nd August 1916. The 10th Battalion was a Pals' Battalion, also known as the Grimsby Chums, and Fred's number indicates that he must have joined it in mid September 1914.
Soldiers Died in The Great War notes that he was born in Hull and enlisted at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) adds that he was the son of Henry and Lucy Manning of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.
CWGC also records Henry's age - 18 - which means at the very least he must have been 17 when he took the King's Shilling. He appears on the 1901 census as a three year old, living with his parents and siblings at West Street, Alford. The household comprised Henry Manning (head, aged 47, a piano tuner and dealer, born in Gloucestershire), his wife Lucy Manning (a 37 year old Yorkshire woman) and their six children. In age order, the children are: Lily Manning (14), Harry Manning (12), Flora (nine), John (eight), Samuel (four) and Frederick bringing up the rear.
Fred's medal index card indicates entitlement to the British War and Victory Medals. The 10th Lincolns, arrived in France on 9th January 1916 and it would seem likely that Fred, as an original Grimsby Chum, was amongst that contingent. Less than seven months later he was dead, probably dying of his wounds at either the 3rd or 44th Casualty Clearing Station.
Fred is buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery, grave reference II.C.50. He is probably also remembered by name on the war memorial at Mablethorpe, although I can't be sure about this. There is an image of the Mablethorpe war memorial HERE.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (BMD, MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in the Great War
Image of the Puchevillers' Cross of Sacrifice from Pierre Vandervelden's excellent In Memory website.
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