Submariner’s B.E.M. Medal Group of (5) to Chief Engine Room Artificer R. F. Manning, Royal Navy
British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (C.E.R.A. Ronald F. Manning. C/MX 46030); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, the last four impressed in Boots’ style naming ‘MX 46030 R. F. Manning. C.E.R.A. R.N.’,
Good very fine - Near E.F.
B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1951.
Ronald Francis Manning, a Greenwich School Boy from Portsmouth, was born on 7 May 1911. He attested into the Royal Navy on 3rd January 1929. Advanced Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer on 9th December 1940, he served during the Second War including service in the submarine H.M.S. Proteus in the Mediterranean, for which he was recommended for a Mention in Despatches for good work and devotion to duty in March 1941 (award unconfirmed but recommendation copied). His L.S.G.C. was traced on 10 May 1944, and he continued to serve post war. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer on 1 October 1947, he was awarded the B.E.M. in January 1951 and released to the Reserve on 6 November 1952.
