Hello and welcome when you mentioned your Gt Uncle had died at Le Cataeu I thought we may have his grave photo on our site. I see that he is in a different cemetery. Hopefully someday we may get his grave photo on here. We do not have him listed on the POW's either. We do have a man with a special interest in the 2nd Bn.
regards
tisgrannie
GORMAN, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 26/08/1914
Service No: 9320
Additional information: Husband of Alice Gorman, of 220, Tipping St., Ardwick, Manchester.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
(thanks to CWGC)
LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL
Country: France
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Names are listed on the memorial by Regiments in order of precedence, under the title of each Regiment by rank, and under each rank alphabetically.
Location Information: La Ferte-sous-Jouarre is a small town 66 kilometres to the east of Paris, located on the main road (N3) running east from Paris. The Memorial is situated in a small park on the south-western edge of the town, on the south bank of the River Marne, just off the main road to Paris, The Memorial Register is kept at the Town Hall.
Historical Information: The La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates nearly 4,000 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force who died in August, September and the early part of October 1914 and who have no known grave. The monument consists of a rectangular block of stone, 62 feet by 30 feet and 24 feet high, with the names of the dead engraved on stone panels on all sides of the monument. The monument is surmounted by a sarcophagus and a trophy carved in stone. At the four corners of the pavement are stone piers with urns, carved with the coats of arms of the Empire.
No. of Identified Casualties: 3738
This figure includes Foreign and Non-World War graves in CWGC care
