FREDERICK MANTHORP
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – 1916.
Born: 1875, Ipswich.
Died: 25th September 1916; age 41; died of wounds from a shell. Served four months.
Residence: 201, High Street, Guildford, Surrey. Father resided at Rose Cottage, York Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: for several years in the offices of Messrs. E.R. and F. Turner, leaving there to take up a position with Messrs. Dickenson and Eurns, Guildford, Surrey.
Enlistment Location: London; Date: May 1916.
Prior to the war, he was an ardent worker in the Guildford V.T.C., holding the rank of Platoon Commander.
Rank: Company Sergeant Major; Service Number: 36258
Regiment: Royal Fusiliers, London Regiment, 37th Labour Battalion,
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
VIII.G.7.
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery,
Mametz,
Somme,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Youngest son of James & Caroline Manthorp, of 28, York Road, Ipswich; husband of Ellen Susan (Susie) Manthorp of 101, Sackville Road, Hove, Brighton.
CENSUS
1881 3, Adela Cottages, York Road, Ipswich.
Frederick was 5 years old and living with his widowed father, siblings, paternal grandparents & aunt & uncles.
James Manthorp, 36, an Engine Smith, born Rendlesham, Suffolk.
Caroline Eliza Manthorp, 10, born Snape, Suffolk.
Alice Sarah Manthorp, 9, born Colchester, Essex.
Richard Manthorp, 7, born Ipswich.
Louisa Manthorp, 3, born Ipswich.
Grandparents:
Richard Manthorp, 58, a Shoeing Smith, born Eyke, Suffolk.
Anna Manthorp, 58, born Tunstall, Suffolk.
George Manthorp, 18, a Labourer – Smith Shop, born Wickham Market, Suffolk.
Martha Manthorp, 15, born Wickham Market.
Frederick Manthorp, 12, born Wickham Market.
1891 28, Rose Cottage, York Road, Ipswich.
Frederick was 15 years old and living with his widowed father, siblings & paternal grandparents.
James, 46, a Blacksmith.
Richard, 17, a School Pupil Teacher.
Louisa, 13.
Anna, 68, the Housekeeper.
Richard, 68, a Blacksmith.
Frederick’s mother, Caroline Eliza Manthorp (nee Rolingson), born 1846, Colchester, Essex – died by her own hand on the 17th May 1880, at her home in Samuel Road, Ipswich.
Ipswich Journal – Saturday, 22nd May 1880 – SUICIDE – The borough coroner, Mr. H. M. Jackaman, Esq., conducted an inquiry at the Board School, Argyle Street, on Tuesday afternoon, into the circumstances attending the death of Caroline Eliza Manthorp, wife of James Manthorp, a smith, living on the Samuel Road, Ipswich. From the evidence given by the husband, it appears that the deceased was expecting her confinement, and this, accompanied with the pain she was suffering from the face-ache and cramp, greatly preyed on her mind. A neighbour, named Sarah Flatman, proved that she had known the deceased for some seven years. She was called to her assistance between 11 and 12 on Sunday morning by a message brought by two of the deceased’s children. When she arrived in Mrs. Manthorp’s room, witness found her lying on her left side on the floor, blood pouring from her throat, and she had a razor in her right hand. Evidence was given by Elizabeth Bradbrook, Thomas Brewer, and by Eliza Manthorp, aunt to the deceased, which showed that the deceased had complained of feeling light-headed. Mrs. Bradbrook stated that she was sent for on Sunday by the witness Sarah Flatman, and when she saw Caroline Manthorp lying on the floor with the wound in her throat, she sent for a doctor, and Thomas Brewer, who was also called in, bound two stockings round her throat. Mr. Branford Edwards, surgeon, said he had attended the deceased professionally, and had known her for the last seven years. Between one and two o’clock on Sunday he saw the deceased lying on the bed. She was suffering from a wound in the throat about three inches in length and from two to two and a half inches in depth. All bleeding had been stopped, but several small arteries had been divided, and the air passages were open. The cause of death, which took place about five o’clock on Monday morning, was the injury to the throat, accelerated by the shock to the system. The Jury having retired, the foreman intimated that they were of the opinion deceased had committed suicide, but there was no evidence as to the state of her mind. The Coroner reminded the Jury that a verdict one way or the other must be returned, and after some further deliberation the Jury returned a verdict. “That the deceased committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind.”
Frederick was educated at Ipswich Middle School.
On the 23rd March 1907, at Holy Trinity Church, Aldershot, Hampshire, 31 year old Frederick, an Engineer’s Clerk, of 23, Commercial Road, Guildford, married 35 year old Ellen Susan Baxter, a dressmaker, born September 1871, Bangalore, Madras, India – daughter of Jephtha Baxter, a retired Barrack Sergeant Major, and Bridget Baxter (nee O’Brien), of 36, Queen’s Road, Aldershot.
Ellen Susan Manthorp enlisted – 20th August 1917 in the Queen Mary’s, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (London); she served overseas. Ellen was discharged medically unfit on the 10th November 1918 and awarded the Victory, British War + Silver War Badge.
Soldiers’ Effects to Ellen S. Manthorp – widow.
Frederick is also remembered on the war memorial at Guildford, Surrey, and at Northgate High School. Formerly Ipswich Grammar School for Boys.
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