Rank unknown Percy Mannering Geddes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Geddes,
Percy Mannering
Date of birth: 1882-06-25
Place of birth: Dunedin New Zealand
Next of kin: George W Geddes, father. Dunedin, New Zealand
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1915-11-17
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 9642
Highest Rank:
Rank unknown
(3rd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Rank unknown, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-10-26 to 1915-11-17
- Rank unknown, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1914-10-26
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Missing and presumed drowned
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 2894550
LAC ID:
409246
Service file: B3460A-S059
Uploader's Notes:
One of about 400 wounded servicemen evacuated from Boulogne France on the hospital ship Anglia on November 17, 1915. At 12:30 the ship hit a mine which had been laid by a German submarine UC5, near Folkestone, Kent, England. The death toll varies but at least 124 were killed, most lost at sea. The wreck is considered a war grave now. All but 4 of the soldiers lost are listed on the Hollybrook Memorial, their bodies lost at sea.
Percy Geddes served in the New Zealand forces in South Africa.
Uploader's Research notes:
3rd Battalion Nominal Roll
The War on Hospital Ships by Stephen McGreal
[Cook Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion No. 5 Company Cook Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion C Company ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2015-04-11
Last modified: 2022-10-28