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Military service
Service number:
113380
Age:
20
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
October 18, 1895
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of William and Margaret Manson, of 38, Gardens Buildings, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal David Manson
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Newspaper Clipping
Caption with photo, which appeared in local newspaper The Orcadian in July 1916. -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of DAVID MANSON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Inscription
Inscription of the name of David Manson on the War Memorial at St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Image taken 7 July 2017 by Tom Tulloch. -
War Memorial
The War Memorial at St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Image taken 7 July 2017 by Tom Tulloch. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal David Manson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 132 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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