<P> Murray survives and , in front of the RGS trustees , accuses Fawcett of abandoning him in the jungle . Fawcett elects to resign from the society rather than apologize . World War I breaks out in Europe , and Fawcett goes to France to fight . Manley dies in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme , and Fawcett is temporarily blinded in a chlorine gas attack . Jack , Fawcett 's eldest son -- who had long accused Fawcett of abandoning the family -- reconciles with his father as he recovers . </P>
who dies in the lost city of z
Manley