 Military Cemetery, Belgium.JPG "Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Belgium")
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First Name: | Samuel George | Last Name: | MANSELL |
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| Date of Death: | 29/12/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Plaistow | |
| Rank: | Private | Unit: | Essex2 | |
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Current Information:Age-19 178, Grange Road, Plaistow Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Belgium
On 25th December, 1914, the 2nd Essex battalion of 12 Brigade, 4th Division moved into trenches near Le Touquet, a small hamlet near Ploegsteert, in Belgium. At 2pm on 29th December, the day on which Samuel Mansell was killed, a shell hit the house in which the machine-gun team were sheltering, killing three men and wounding another five. |
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