Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. H. Manners, Royal Navy

British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.P.O. William Haslam Manners. P/J.109276); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.109276. W. H. Manners P.O. H.M.S. Argus.) very fine (7) £240-£280

B.E.M. London Gazette 11 June 1942.

William Haslam Manners served as a Chief Petty Officer with H.M.S. Argus (aircraft carrier) during the Second War. She was primarily engaged with ferrying aircraft to different locations, and in 1942 was employed in transporting fighter aircraft to Malta.