Errol Manners

Sir Errol Manners
Born(1883-06-29)29 June 1883
Ilmasnugger, Tirhoot, India
Died23 October 1953(1953-10-23) (aged 70)
Fareham, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1898–1935
1939–1945
RankRear Admiral
CommandsHMS Suffolk (1933–35)
HMS Delhi (1925–27)
HMS Champion (1925)
Battles / warsFirst World War
Somaliland campaign
Second World War
AwardsKnight 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

  1. ^ Prominent British Israelites
  2. ^ The fighting commodores, Alan Burn, Naval Institute Press, 1999, p. 29.
  3. ^ "Royal Navy Admiral data". Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  4. ^ Memoir of HMS Eskimo by John Manners Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Lt.Cdr. John Errol Manners , DSC of the Royal Navy (RN) - Allied Warship Commanders of WWII - uboat.net". Retrieved 24 June 2011.