Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Karl
Initials	K
Last Name	Manson
Source	2908914

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
6, Hillhead, Lerwick, Shetland.	United Kingdom	parents address

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army	6271	Seaforth Highlanders		Private
British Army	242010	Seaforth Highlanders	5th Battalion	Private

Award	Type	Source
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Margaret E. Manson	mother
Thomas Manson	father

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Vincent96527

Reference	Connected by	More information
Shetland Family History	Laurie65799
Ancestry - Register of Soldiers Effects.	Vincent96527

Title	Connected by	More information
Karl Manson	Laurie65799
Ring, engraved with "ARRAS"	Laurie65799
Karl Manson's grave	Laurie65799
Souvenir silk cushion	Laurie65799
Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt, Pas de Calais 1	Vincent96527
Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt, Pas de Calais 2	Vincent96527
5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Cap Badge	Vincent96527

ID: 2908914

Reference: WO372/13

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D3923227
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2911919

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 7112742

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/262562/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/182500

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

ID: 8450967

Title: Shetland Family History

Description: Details on his family history, birth date and place as well as information on how he was killed.

Connected by: Laurie65799

URL: http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I18279&tree=ID1
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ID: 8451555

Title: Karl Manson

Description: In Uniform, Seaforth Highlanders

Connected by: Laurie65799

ID: 8451558

Title: Ring, engraved with "ARRAS"

Description: This ring belonged to Karl Manson who was killed in action at the battle of Arras on the 9th April 1917, aged 19. This ring was given to his mother following his death. Karl's body was discovered on the battlefield by another Shetlander, Willie Irvine, In a letter home (dated 14/04/1918), Willie Irvine, wrote of finding Karl Manson's body on the battlefield. He wrote: 'A queer thing happened last week after we had taken the line & things had quietened down a bit I was having a look round and there was a chap lying just over the parapet, a Seaforth Highlander he was, he had been killed by a German sniper. I thought I had seen him somewhere so I looked for his pay book to see his name, it was Karl Manson (a son of Tom Manson of the Shetland News) he had a photograph of his father & sister in his pocket, so I took them and will send them on to his father after he has heard from the office. The Seaforths were attacking on the left that's how he came to be so near us. I expe

Connected by: Laurie65799

Additional: This ring is in Shetland Museum collection (WAR 1994.389)

ID: 8451559

Title: Karl Manson's grave

Description: Buried at Roclincourt

Connected by: Laurie65799

ID: 8451561

Title: Souvenir silk cushion

Description: This was a present from Karl Manson to his mother, sent from France before his death in April 1917.

Connected by: Laurie65799

Additional: This item is in Shetland Museum collection (WAR 1994.387)