Four: Private J. Mann, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1914 Star, with bar (9596 Pte., 1/Northd. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9596 Pte., Northd. Fus.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (No. 9596 Pte., 1/5 Fus.), regimentally named, extremely fine

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Four: Private J. Mann, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1914 Star, with bar (9596 Pte., 1/Northd. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9596 Pte., Northd. Fus.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (No. 9596 Pte., 1/5 Fus.), regimentally named, extremely fine

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Private James [Elijah] Mann was killed in action in a counter-attack on Wytschaete on 1.11.1914, while serving with the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (See Westlake's British Battalions in France and Belgium 1914). Mann is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.