SOLDIER DETAILS:
Mander,
Bertie Cecil
Lance Corporal, 4th Battalion 11164
August 19, 1917
Lapugnoy
Military Cemetery, France
20th Halton Rifles
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Lance
Corporal Mander is buried in the Lapugnoy Military Cemetery in
France, Grave V. C. 14.
Although he was a Milton lad, he is
not listed on either of the Milton Cenotaphs. It was
reported that he was one of the first to sign up with
Bastedo out of the 20th Halton Rifles.
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SOLDIER SUMMARY:
| Lance Corporal
"Bert" Mander #11164 attested to "C" Coy of
the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion on September 22, 1914, so
very early in the war. Local records show he was one of the
first to enlist under Lieutenant Bastedo. As with many of the
other Milton lads, he served with the 20th Halton Rifles
guarding the armouries. He arrived in France in February 1915.
Lance Corporal Mander appears to have been a magnet for the
enemy, as he was wounded on a number of occasions.
Mander was first wounded on April 4, 1915 with a gun shot
wound to the head, but was released in 10 days (No. 6 General
Hospital, Rouen). He overstayed his leave after being released,
for which he received 6 days Field Punishment #1 and was docked
6 days pay.
His next wounds were treated at the No. 25 General Hospital
in late September 1916 for a gun shot wound and fracture to the
arm and a shrapnel wound to the face and left hand. A month later
he received shrapnel wounds to his hands and face and some sort
of wound to his "back side". Unfortunately L/Cpl.
Mander's next visit to No. 18 Casualty Clearing Station was far
more complex - gun shot, burns to the face, fractured leg and
gas wounds received in action, resulted in his death the
following day, August 19, 1917.
In August 1917 the 4th Battalion was active in the Capture of
Hill 70, north of Lens. The 4th Battalion was subjected to a
three strong German attacks on August
17th/18th. There were 449 Canadians killed in the battle (7
by gas) with 1,378 wounded by fire and 487 non-fatally wounded
by gas. Lance Corporal Mander fought a brave battle but
was one of the seven killed by the gas. |
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The soldier pages contain information
that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks
are active where the information is available:
The summary of the service is taken from
the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and
Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is
available in electronic and paper format in the Alex
Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society.
Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the
events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared.
The research information available is as noted on the Canadian
Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix
Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line
War Diaries.
A summary of all the soldiers is
contained on the Web Blog "Great
War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also
be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton
Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by
John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb. |
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