We remember Meredith Magniac

We remember Meredith Magniac

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Timeline

Timeline

1880
birth Hitchen,Herts United Kingdom Source:6643035 1880
service British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers Source:2879930
service British Army Major Lancashire Fusiliers Source:2879930
service British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Lancashire Fusiliers Source:2879930
service British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lancashire Fusiliers Source:7151446
1917
death Killed in Action Killed by a shell whilst sitting under a waterproof sheet in a recess of a communication trench, on the east side of Mochy le Preux. Monchy Le Preux nr Arras France Source:7151446 Source:8857401 25th April 1917
burial Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Source:7151446

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Meredith
Initials M
Last Name Magniac,
Source 7151446
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers Captain
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers Major
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers Lieutenant Colonel
Awards
AwardTypeSource
DSO British Award/Decoration

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Keith86
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Keith86
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription Keith86
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Keith86
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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Understanding the Somme 1916: An Illuminating Battlefield Guide Katherine27600
Great War Forum: Lieutenant Colonel Merdeith Magniac (AKA the Maniac) Katherine27600
Somme: Into the breach Katherine27600
The Sunken Rd - The Somme Katherine27600
Understanding the Somme 1916: An Illuminating Battlefield Guide Katherine27600
the Sunken Rd Katherine27600
Rye Roll of Honour v1 Katherine27600
Great War forum: Lancashire Fusiliers war diary Katherine27600
Visiting the Fallen - Arras South Katherine27600
Despatch. The Western Front Association Katherine27600
Meredith Magniac: New look at Hitchin officer’s Somme hell in book by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore David114

Multimedia

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Meredith Magniac Katherine27600

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