| Mann | Horace | | Captain | He was killed in action at Alleman's Nek, June 11th, 1900. The eldest surviving son of the Reverend C N Mann, for many years rector of St Issey, Cornwall, he was born in 1860, and educated at Allhallowes School, Honiton, and at Marlborough. Captain Mann entered the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment in July 1882, was promoted Captain March 1890, and served in the Nile Campaign of 1884-85, with his regiment, receiving the medal with clasp and Khedive's star. He was adjutant to the 1st Volunteer Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, 1892 to 1897, after which he retired from the army. On the outbreak of the war he went out to South Africa, and was appointed captain in Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry Capt, Mann was present at the battle of Colenso, and in all the operations leading up to the relief of Ladysmith, and the subsequent advance to Alleman's Nek. He was mentioned in despatches by General Sir R Buller, from Laing's Nek, June 19th, 1901, as having performed good service, LG, February 8th, 1901. His name was inscribed on a tablet erected in Marlborough College Chapel in memory of all Marlburians who fell in the war.
Source: Donner |
