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About Harry Manton
Professional soldier who saw service in the Boer War (1900 – 1902) and the Great War (1914-1918)
Light infantry regiments
Lived in Well Head Cottage, Stretton with a lady called “Lizzie” (sister?)
The following anecdote is from Richard Manton: “My father, as a child would hear the military beat of “uncle Harry’s footsteps in the dark unlit village as he returned from the pub. You always knew it was Harry. Even when he’d had too much he never lost that soldier’s tread”
“My father recalled how many wounds, including bayonet wounds were subsequently found on his body”
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Harry Manton's Timeline
| 1877 |
December 1877
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Stretton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1946 |
1946
Age 68
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