Source: Kiss the kids of dad, don’t forget to write. The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18. Page 186.
Family Search: When Frederick Charles Greenaway Manning was born on 2 October 1888, in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Manning, was 34 and his mother, Emma Jane Greenway, was 35. He married Bertha Mary Lewis in April 1919, in Samford, Suffolk, England. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1916 and Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 28, his occupation is listed as farmer in Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 6 July 1946, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 57, and was buried in Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
| Reg number | 746058 |
| Name | Manning, Frederick Charles |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 2/28/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Canada |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Oshawa, ON |
| Address | Lot 10, Concession 5, E Whitby, ON |
| Enlistment Date | 1/6/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 1/6/1916 |
| Left 116th | 10/6/1916 |
| Married | no |
| Occupation | farmer |
| Wounded date | 8/15/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | GSW Left arm |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | |
| PTSD | |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | 116th to 18th |
| Other details | D Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 