William Manley | |
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Born |
Dublin, Ireland |
17 December 1831
Died | 16 November 1901 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
(aged 69)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Rank | Surgeon General |
Unit |
Royal Regiment of Artillery Royal Army Medical Corps |
Battles/wars |
Crimean War New Zealand Land Wars Franco-Prussian War Second Anglo-Afghan War Anglo-Egyptian War |
Awards |
Victoria Cross Companion of the Order of the Bath Iron Cross, 2nd Class (Prussia) |
Surgeon General William George Nicholas Manley, VC, CB (17 December 1831 – 16 November 1901) was a British Army officer, surgeon and a 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. He might be the only man to have been awarded both the VC and the Iron Cross.
Manley was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 17 December 1831, the second son of the Reverend William Nicholas Manley, his mother being a daughter of Dr. Brown of the Army Medical Staff. He was educated at the Blackheath Proprietary School and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1851.
In 1854 Manley joined the Army Medical Staff, and was attached to the Royal Regiment of Artillery serving in Crimea. He was present for the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. He was later posted with his regiment in New Zealand.
Manley was 32 years old, and an assistant surgeon in the Royal Regiment of Artillery during the Waikato-Hauhau Maori War, New Zealand when the following deed took place on 29 April 1864 near Tauranga, New Zealand, during the assault on the rebel pā ("pah") Gate Pā, for which he was awarded the VC.