Hugh McManners
| Hugh McManners | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 Dec 1952 St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| Occupation | Medical research charity director, Author, Television producer, Presenter, Journalist, Musician |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Subject | War, Military, Outdoor Activities, Geography, Travel, Adventure |
| Children | Capt William John McManners LD Joseph McManners |
| Relatives |
Father Rev Prof John McManners FBA Brother Lt Col Peter McManners |
Hugh McManners is a musician and a writer: a guitarist and songwriter, an author, and a campaigner for medical research to help war veterans.
Hugh writes contemporary folk songs and is currently working with producer Jez Coad on an album to be released in 2017. He performs solo with acoustic guitar, and with his band.
(His music website differentiates from his writing work.) Previous experience with various bands: including as singer and guitarist for The BashBand. Hugh is also the bass guitarist for the Coventry-based reggae band Cabstars
He was born into an academic family in Oxford, the son of historian The Rev. Professor John McManners, and was brought up in Australia. He was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, Shore, Oadby Beauchamp Upper School, Magdalen College School, Oxford, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He read Geography at St Edmund Hall Oxford.
McManners spent eighteen years in the British Army, the majority of his time serving with 3 Commando Brigade. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1973 and was promoted Lieutenant in 1974 and Captain in 1979.
During the Falklands War in 1982 he fought with his five-man naval gunfire forward observation team, with the Special Boat Service and worked with the SAS, and was awarded a Mention in Despatches. He was promoted Major in 1985. He spent five years with 148 (Meiktila) Commando Forward Observation Battery, as a commando, paratrooper and an army diving supervisor, and ran the British Army's jungle warfare training school in Belize. McManners then passed the year-long Army Staff College course at Camberley, and spent two years working at the Ministry of Defence in London. He has served at Fort Ord California with the US Army's 2nd Infantry Division (Light), on counter terrorist duties in Armagh, Northern Ireland, and with the United Nations in Cyprus during the Turkish invasion of 1974. After commanding 17 Corunna Field Battery [1] [2], he retired from the Army in 1989.
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