10. Sgt. Manuel, W
Sergeant
1908 Serv. No: 10
Awards: TFEM.
Personal Details
Poss/prob William Manuel, bn 41/5/1869, St Austell Cornwall. (fr RN SR)
Parents Thomas & Sarah
Marr Sarah Lee, 25/12/1894, St John Juxta Swansea
1911 - 20 Lewis St, St Thomas, Swansea. 42yo. Occ-Labourer - Docks. W Sarah.
1921 - 20 Lewis St, St Thomas, Swansea. 52y1m. Occ-Labourer - Total Disable. W Sarah, neice & Daughter Mildred
1923 - Died aged 56, Q4, Swansea
Military Service
Poss - def not confirmed!!
Possibly enl 5/4/1894 - from Royal Navy SR [Traced Pension 5/4/94]
TFEM Oct 1910, as Sgt
Possibly Enl 7/11/1914 - TS/1058, Trimmer, RN. Disch Oct 1918, Mil pens SWB. BUT seems strange to have left sergeant and rejoined trimmer
Sources: (TFEM)
Explanation Of Abbreviations
Awards
- 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
- BWM – British War Medal
- VIC – Victory Medal
- SWB – Silver War Badge
- TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
- TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
- TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal
Gallantry
- MID – Mention In Dispatches
- LG – London Gazette
- MM – Military Medal
- DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal
Sources
- ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
- MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
- SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
- SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
- SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
- COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
- SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
- PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
- CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
- RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
- NEWS – Newspapers
- CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
- BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
- FAM – Family Records