Sir Errol Manners | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 June 1883 Ilmasnugger, Tirhoot, India |
| Died | 23 October 1953 (aged 70) Fareham, Hampshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1898–1935 1939–1945 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Suffolk (1933–35) HMS Delhi (1925–27) HMS Champion (1925) |
| Battles/wars | First World War Somaliland campaign Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches (2) Order of Saint Anna, 3rd Class (Russia) |
Rear Admiral Sir Errol Manners, KBE (29 June 1883 – 23 October 1953) was a Royal Navy officer and author on theology and British Israelism.[1] He completed fifty-two ocean convoys during the Second World War, including ONM 249 which consisted of 153 ships.[2][3] He wrote segments of research in a lengthy book titled Bible Research published in 1946, which quickly became popular among proponents of British Israelism for its chapter titled "The Hebrew origin of English. Israelite heraldry in Anglo-Saxon countries".
Manners and his three sons, Rodney (1905–1998), Sherard (1908–1987) and John (1914–2020), all served as naval officers in the Second World War. His daughter Angela (1918–) served with the Women's Royal Naval Service in the war.[4] John was lieutenant commander aboard HMS Viceroy when it sank the German submarine U-1274 on 16 April 1945. In 2018 his last surviving son John became the world's longest-lived first-class cricketer.[5]
References
- ↑ Prominent British Israelites
- ↑ The fighting commodores, Alan Burn, Naval Institute Press, 1999, p. 29.
- ↑ Royal Navy Admiral data
- ↑ Memoir of HMS Eskimo by John Manners Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "Lt.Cdr. John Errol Manners , DSC of the Royal Navy (RN) - Allied Warship Commanders of WWII - uboat.net". Retrieved 24 June 2011.