Lieutenant John Fitzpayne Manley
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Manley,
John Fitzpayne
Date of birth: 1896-07-10
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. C. S. Douglas (mother,) 885 Chilco St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): Law Student
Address:
885 Chilco St., Vancouver, British Columbia
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy-En-Gohelle Communal Cemetery, Sp. Mem. A. 6.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(72nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant, 72nd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-28 to 1917-04-09
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He was instantly killed by shell fire while leading his men in an attack on the enemy tenches at Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 561760
LAC ID:
172511
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B5888-S009
Uploader's Notes:
Previous service - 72nd Regiment militia (S.H.of C.) and Bishop Ridley College, C.C. 4 years
Uploader's Research notes:
72nd Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-08