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217977 Pte. Michael Manning Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion from:Auchterarder, Perthshire (d.13th Aug 1915 ) My 2nd great grandfather Cornelius Manning and his son, Michael Manning, both went off to war in 1914. Father and son both served in France, Cornelius for two years, Michael for one serving with the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial) - he was killed in Flanders dying of his wounds and subsequently buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery, France. Cornelius survived and was discharged in 1919, later dying in 1925 at around the age of fifty. He was survived by his wife Annie and his five daughters, including Annie Hutchison, my great grandmother. J Kennedy Add to this record.    Additional Information: As well as the daughters you mention,Cornelius had two more sons,one of them being my father.We have been hoping to trace some of the Hutchison branch of the family for years! I actually have two medals of Michael's and his red hackle,which you might like to see.I have no photos but a cousin in Auchterarder has one of Cornelius which I hadn't seen until last year.However,although military records seem to exist for Cornelius,none of us had any knowledge of his overseas service.He was definitely in camp around Bridge of Earn when the news of Michael's death reached the family in Auchterarder and we thought that was as far as he ever got. We would be really interested in hearing from you. margot manning Reply Related Content: 6th Battalion, Black Watch Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? If so please let us know. Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?" We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.