He was my Mother's Great Uncle. One of the first to enlist into the Leeds Bantams he was killed when a rifle grenade burst killing him and w...
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Francis Mcmanus
Private
Service No. 105
Age 19
Died on 29 March 1916
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Pas de Calais, France
Son of Luke and Sarah McManus (formerly Barber) of Leeds
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A Bantam of The Great War. Accidentally killed.
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One of the first Leeds Bantams to join up and one of the first to perish.
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On the 8th December 1914 the Mayor of Leeds raised a Bantam Battalion (17th West Yorkshgire) - soldiers who were under 5'3" tall and Francis...
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