Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver A. H. Manning, Royal Horse Artillery

1914 Star, with clasp (52793 Dvr: A. H. Manning. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (52793 Dvr. A. H. Manning. R.A.) good very fine (3) £80-£100

Alfred Henry Manning was born in Bethnal Green in 1890 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 6 October 1908. Posted to “H” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, on 2 May 1913, Manning served in France from 15 August 1914, his unit acting as replacement for “L” Battery which was decimated at Nery. According to the Battalion War Diary, “H” Battery saw action at the First Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Loos, the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917. Reporting sick, Manning transferred to the Labour Corps on 23 December 1917 and was discharged time expired on 5 October 1920, his character noted as ‘exemplary’.

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