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Pte. Henry Manville
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Uckfield
(d.20th Nov 1914)
Henry Manville died of wounds in France & Flanders on the 20th November 1914, aged 35. He was born in Burgess Hill, Sussex, the son of John and Elizabeth Manville of Coxe's Cottages, Plumpton, Sussex and enlisted at Uckfield, Sussex. Henry is buried in Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France in Plot III. Row A. Grave 25. He is commemorated on the War Memorial at All Saints' Churchyard, Plumpton and on the Roll of Honour inside All Saints' Church where he shown as enlisting in The Royal Sussex Regiment in 1914.
However he first enlisted in the RGA before transferring to The Royal Sussex Regiment. Henry was my Grandfather's older brother and was the only one to not return from the Great War out of all his brothers who enlisted including my Grandfather.