Manley Angell James
| Manley Angell James | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 July 1896 Odiham, Hampshire |
| Died | 23 September 1975 (aged 79) Westbury on Trym, Bristol |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1951 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit |
Gloucestershire Regiment Royal Sussex Regiment |
| Commands held | Director of Ground Defence, Air Ministry (1948–50) 140th Infantry Brigade (1945) 128th Infantry Brigade (1941–43) 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (1939–40) |
| Battles/wars |
First World War Second World War |
| Awards |
Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order Member of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches |
Brigadier Manley Angell James, VC, DSO, MBE, MC (12 July 1896 – 23 September 1975) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
James was born on the 12 July 1896 in Odiham, Hampshire. He was the son of Dr. John Angell James and Emily Cormel James. The family later moved to Bristol, where Manley was educated at Bristol Grammar School in 1906 and joined the Officers' Training Corps, where he rose to the rank of sergeant.
Although intending to follow his father into the medical profession, the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, shortly after his 18th birthday, saw James volunteer for service in the British Army. As a result, he was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant into the 8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
The battalion, a Kitchener's Army unit raised from volunteers the previous September, was assigned to the 57th Brigade of the 19th (Western) Division and, after many months of training, departed for the Western Front, where it remained for the rest of the war, in July 1915, arriving in France on 18 July as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). By this time James, promoted to temporary lieutenant on 28 June 1915, was in command of the battalion's Lewis gun detachment.
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