Mann, Ernest William

Ernest William Mann was the son of Alderman James Wight Mann and his wife Annie Elizabeth Mann.  He was baptised on 15^th March, 1878, at St Marys Church in Warwick

The family lived for many years at 64 Emscote Road (recorded in the 1891 and 1911 census) and also had an ironmongers shop in the Market Place.

The 1891 census shows a large household of James (45) and Annie (38) and their 10 children in age order – Arthur H (14), Ernest (12), Winifred (11), Ethel (9), Gertrude (8), Albert James (6), Osborne C (5), Gladys (3), Fanny Grace (2) and Stanley Lake (11 months).  There are three servants working at the house.  James is described as an Ironmonger and Implement Agent.

Ernest attended Warwick School where he excelled in sport.  He was in the first teams for both cricket and rugby.

By 1911, they are still living at Clevedale, 64 Emscote Road – although many of the children have left home.  Remaining are both parents, Ernest (32), Fanny (22), Stanley (20) with two further siblings Gordon Wight (17) and Marjorie Lillian (16) – so it seems there were twelve children in all.  Ernest is single and described as a Bank Clerk.

Ernest left a legacy of £85 10s 6d to his father James.

Ernest’s brother, Albert, had died in the war a year earlier, in September 1916.  There is a gravestone on the family plot in Warwick Cemetery dedicated to them both:

The inscription reads:

In Loving Remembrance of Private A. J. Mann 31st Canadian Infantry who was reported missing at Courgelette France Sept 27th 1916 and afterwards presumed killed on that date aged 32 years.
Also of Pte. E. W. Mann 12th Middlesex Regt. who died in hospital at Etaples, France of enteric fever Sept 22nd 1917 and was buried at the Military Cemetery there aged 39 years.