The Rushden Argus, 14th February 1919, transcribed by Kay Collins
Three Years’ Absence – Death on the Way Home
Mr. and Mrs. James Manning, of Spencer-street, Ringstead, have received official news of the death of their son, Pioneer Albert James Manning, Royal Engineers, G. Y. Cable Section, which occurred on February 3rd, on the way home, of lobar pneumonia, at 1st Rest Camp Hospital, Cherbourg, France. The deceased, who enlisted on December 13th 1915, went to Salonika in April 1916. While there he had malarial fever twice. He left Salonika for Egypt in September 1917, and later went to Palestine. He returned to Egypt with diphtheria, and went again to Palestine in September 1918. He had not been home on leave. Before joining up he was employed by the Islip Iron Co. Ltd., as a shunter, and they had applied for his release. He was twenty-seven years of age.
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