Mann, George Henry

George’s parents were Henry Thomas Mann and Sarah Annie Mann nee Bagley.  Henry’s father George (George’s grandfather), was a farmer, living at Longbridge, just outside Warwick.

George was baptised on 23^rd November 1887 at Didsbury near Manchester.

Henry was a railway signalman and appears to have moved around the country. At the time of the 1891 census, Henry and Sarah with their 3-year-old son George and 1-year-old daughter Alice, both of whom were born in Didsbury, were living at Starkholmes, Matlock. In October of the following year, Henry died, just 5 days before his 28th birthday. Henry was returned to his father for burial in Warwick’s Birmingham Road cemetery where his grave also memorialises his two sons killed in the war.

Sarah moved to Liverpool at some point after Henry’s death and there re-married (to Enoch Ashton Jones on 27 September 1899).

George married Jessie Middleton Garden in 1917 and saw service overseas before he returned to live at 58 Well Close Mount, Carlton Hall, Leeds.

He died in Leeds in 1919, perhaps a victim of the Spanish ‘Flu epidemic, and was brought back to Warwick to be buried in Warwick Cemetery.  He left his widow, Jessie, a legacy of £367 13s 3d.

Warwick Advertiser – 1919:

GEORGE HENRY MANN aged 31 years- died at 58 Wellclose Mount, Leeds.  Head of the Wireless Dept at Central Technical School, Leeds.

George’s brother, Albert Ernest, had died two years earlier, in France, whilst serving with the Canadian forces. Both are commemorated on their grandfather’s grave in Warwick Cemetery, where the inscription reads:

In Loving Remembrance of HENRY THOMAS MANN born October 6th 1864 fell asleep October 1 1892.
To the Loved Memory of my dear grandson ALBERT ERNEST MANN who was killed in action at Vimy Ridge April 9th 1917 aged 25.
To the Treasured Memory of my beloved grandson GEORGE HENRY MANN who entered into rest March 10th 1919 aged 31 years