@@TheHistoryChap Sgt Major Charles Coward, as depicted in his autobiography and movie, "The Password is Courage". I'm unsure whether the circumstances would count.
Talking with an older German friend a few years ago and the subject of medals came up. He revealed that he had been awarded the Iron cross twice in WW11. and aske3d bout my father in the British Army. We finished up laying out the medals on the table beside each other. His words--mixed with tears--"I never thought I would see this happen" . Living in Australia he had kept his story a secret until then.
I hear what you said and it struck my memory: I was part of the first vocational exchange between the UK and Germany in 1986. In early '87 I went all 16 years old, bright eyed and willing to see the world. I learned so much about Germany in just 3 weeks, with Berufsschule and real order for the first time in my life. [ England seemed a clamoring mess compared to GDR 1987 ] I digress... When talking in broken German with my hosts Oma she [ with the Help of Dirk my host and counterpart ] that her husband threw his WW1 service sabre into a lake than give it over to those collecting 'old sidearms' in 1940... ..he sent his wife to throw it in the lake. She said the Nazi's stole Germany first. As A Brit then i loved every minute of the visit except from the time a security alert stopped us visiting the local British base near Hanover... I must admit I am an Irish [ Catholic ] Immigrant child born in really quite xenophobic 1970 England. Seien Sie von ganzem Herzen dabei, dass die Menschen, die Sie lieben, getan haben, was sie konnten, als sie darum gebeten wurden It is all a man can do, do what is asked and hope it is the right thing. 🙏
@@philiprowney My grandfather was a German-born stateless war refugee in London during World War II and volunteered with an Air Raid Warden company, digging survivors and victims of the Blitz out of the rubble, as well as being buried alive, himself. He once dug out a woman who came out pontificating about how it was the Jews' war and it was all their fault. His company leader later went to this woman and told her that the man who rescued her from the rubble was himself Jewish. She later found him and apologised, albeit not sincerely. He had plenty of other stories from the war years, including propaganda work for the BBC and interpretation for a unit in charge of Wehrmacht POW's, but that's a story for another time…
Excellent presentation and topic and interesting piece of history. Did remind me of a Major in the USMC I served under named Hermann Quest, who was in the German Wehrmacht in WWII and had formally requested the US Govt to allow him to wear his German medals on his USMC uniform... for some odd reason he was denied, I wonder why? Apparently I was told that Allied forces could wear their medals acquired in other foreign services in the US military, so I guess Major Hermann thought he should be able to... We all thought it was funny.
@andrewjost6714 was he trying to wear the version with the swastika on it?? They reissued medals in the 50s without the swastika on it so they could be worn by veterans because the swastika is banned in most countries including Germany and USA.
@@nancymilawski1048 I hope you know I was being facetious when I said "I wonder why?" as I think it would be common sense that an axis force person from WWII shouldn't be able to wear enemy medals on their new non axis homeland uniform. I'm sorry I can't answer your question about whether they had a swastika on them or not, and do not know what specific medals they were, whether they were medals of valor, wounds, or campaign participation ribbons... He was a no non-sense strict son of a gun though, and respected.
I have my family retirement sword from Heidelberg, I have yet to find the service record of my Zeigler family. The sword was gifted Von Zeiglers Son in law a American my Ancestor, who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War. His wife, Mary Speyer, was from Heidelberg. I would hazard a guess that her family participated in the Napoleonic Wars on the Prussian side... I would love to find the records if they still exist.
@@samparkerSAM I don't know about Prussian records in particular, but I believe that a lot of German military records from past wars were destroyed in various Allied bombing raids in WW2.
There is another one out there, a member of the kings African rifles. Awarded the Ironcross during WW1 while serving in the German African colonial forces and during WW2 serving in the army of King George the 6th. He is mentioned in the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd as an honor guard.
@@neiloflongbeck5705 I don’t remember and I’ve lost my coronation program from the Queen Elizabeth the 2nd coronation. I don’t live in Britain or a commonwealth country so it’s next to impossible for me to reacquire one affordability.
@@neiloflongbeck5705 If you find a name please post it. I looked through the bio of every Caucasian VC recipient in WW2 and could find no mention of this. My thinking was that if the man was German or served in the German forces in Africa in WW1 he would not have been Gurkha or Indian etc ? Perhaps I am mistaken ?
Good morning, Chris, you do tell a cracking story. During my service in our medical Corp, we were never privy to the deeds of men like Mr. Manley. We did have our Simpson and his donkey. Which is bloody amazing in itself. Mr. Manly died of diabetes at 90, he did really well to get to that age with the disease. We struggle to keep people alive now into their 70's with diabetes. And I am sorry about my tardiness in keeping up with your video's. Cheers
Brilliant Chris just brilliant. I could listen to you for hours. Fascinating story and what a life for such a dedicted human being.Thank you very much.
Thank you continuing to create these videos teaching us of these forgotten soldiers and events... despite being well versed in history you continue to amaze me with your research and handpicked incidents to remind us of those who preceeded us all.
Greetings from Indonesia. Thank you for yet another fascinating video, meticulously researched and vigorously presented. I particularly enjoyed your description of the Māori defence of their pa in 1864.
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What a fascinating story, I had never heard of this gentleman before. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful tale, what wonderful humanitarian this man was.
What a great man he was! William Manly. Thank you! I have often wondered why we sided with the Serbians and Russians in WW1. My father was in the same Battalion (20th) as Charles Upham. I could go on! Wow living to 90 and having both the Vic and Iron Crosses! I’ll be definitely watching more of you content! Thanks
In a similar vein,John Ramsden's book, "Don't Mention the War", references a German POW camp at Wilton Park. One of the men tasked with denazifying the POWs was a German Jew,who was later awarded a gong. He also had an iron cross from WW1.
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Private Doss said it best. "While everybody else is takin life, I'm going to be saving it". Two of the greatest medals awarded for the greatest service.
Hello Chris! Thank you for another excellent story. To put in perspective the significance of the £300.000 donated by the British people in 1870 to the British Ambulance Corps, today they would be worth £ 36.260.000!
Thank you for a fascinating podcast! What an amazing man- I'm glad you decided to give Dr. Manley his own episode. Just one question...he died just before his 90th birthday? Looking at his birth and death dates, wouldn't that have been just before his 70th birthday?
Amazing video on a forgotten soldier. One minor note the ribbon on the Iron Cross 2nd class for non-combatants is inverse colors of the military award. The award William Manley received has white center with black stripes, this can be seen in the photograph at 12:55. Never the less thank you for all the amazing work you do to make British military history come to life.
Thanks for that story! Talk about a medically accomplished army man. He earned each and every one of those medals. We must never forget such men. One of his medals, for the Order of St. John, bears a distinct resemblance to the Pour le Merite, the highest honor for bravery given to German officers.
Manley and 'Mark Twain' shared a high principle in life. " My invariable practice in war has been to bring out of every fight two-thirds more men than when I went in. This seems to me Napoleonic in its grandeur. - "Mark Twain as a Presidential Candidate," New York Evening Post, 9 June 1879
Wow. I'm a lifelong military historian and this one is new to me. It should be noted that the Victoria Cross is the UK's highest award for valor while the Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse is a lower tier award, somewhere between the DSC and MM in the British system. Which does nothing whatsoever to diminish the valor and skill of SGN Dr. Manley, VC.
Not trying to split hairs, but Manley was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, for a non-combatant (note the ribbon has two narrow black stripes on a white field). The ribbon for combatant award is black, with two narrow white stripes.
Wow, very interesting and impressive. What an absolutely amazing career to have had in such an iconic historical era and to have lived as long as he did of that time when many people died at an early age. 👍👏👏👏👏
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Very much looking forward to you getting into the Maori /New Zealand wars. From what I know about them, the Maori fought in a way that the British could have never expected from a culture who had only recently discovered firearms, and was eerily similar to trench warfare decades later. The Maori apparently had a unique ability for very rapidly digging and building fortifications that were very difficult for British artillery to overcome, and extremely dangerous for infantry to assault. They were also very creative with their firearms, using double barrel rifles when they could get them, and often cutting down the barrel of lower quality rifles and using them as shot guns. That along with the Maori being a warrior culture that was fierce in close quarters made them a uniquely difficult challenge for the British.
Love these stories. I love reading the Flashman books by George McDonald Fraser. Obviously the character Flashman was a rogue and a coward and very lucky in all ways. Did G.M.F know of all these accounts of the real heroes and battles from the newspapers at the time? Just wondering
Such people are special on this world. Their dedication to their fellow men is something we hold up as examples for everyone to follow. Yet we always seem to forget their lessons. Sigh...
Looking at the photographs you presented he also had the "Pour le Mérite" in addition to the Iron Cross 2nd class. His was the Military class as shown on this page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite he defiantly attracted awards like a magnet picking up iron dust.
As I have joined the ranks of the elderly, I often compare times and dates, and then relate them to the present. The History Chap mentioned that Pegasus Bridge was far in the future at the time of the New Zealand Wars. It jumped out at me that the years separating those two events (1864-1944) is almost exactly the same number as separates Pegasus Bridge (June 1944) and today (August 2024).
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@@TheHistoryChap Sgt Major Charles Coward, as depicted in his autobiography and movie, "The Password is Courage".
I'm unsure whether the circumstances would count.
Talking with an older German friend a few years ago and the subject of medals came up. He revealed that he had been awarded the Iron cross twice in WW11. and aske3d bout my father in the British Army. We finished up laying out the medals on the table beside each other. His words--mixed with tears--"I never thought I would see this happen" . Living in Australia he had kept his story a secret until then.
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I hear what you said and it struck my memory:
I was part of the first vocational exchange between the UK and Germany in 1986. In early '87 I went all 16 years old, bright eyed and willing to see the world.
I learned so much about Germany in just 3 weeks, with Berufsschule and real order for the first time in my life. [ England seemed a clamoring mess compared to GDR 1987 ] I digress...
When talking in broken German with my hosts Oma she [ with the Help of Dirk my host and counterpart ] that her husband threw his WW1 service sabre into a lake than give it over to those collecting 'old sidearms' in 1940...
..he sent his wife to throw it in the lake.
She said the Nazi's stole Germany first.
As A Brit then i loved every minute of the visit except from the time a security alert stopped us visiting the local British base near Hanover...
I must admit I am an Irish [ Catholic ] Immigrant child born in really quite xenophobic 1970 England.
Seien Sie von ganzem Herzen dabei, dass die Menschen, die Sie lieben, getan haben, was sie konnten, als sie darum gebeten wurden
It is all a man can do, do what is asked and hope it is the right thing.
🙏
@@philiprowney My grandfather was a German-born stateless war refugee in London during World War II and volunteered with an Air Raid Warden company, digging survivors and victims of the Blitz out of the rubble, as well as being buried alive, himself. He once dug out a woman who came out pontificating about how it was the Jews' war and it was all their fault. His company leader later went to this woman and told her that the man who rescued her from the rubble was himself Jewish. She later found him and apologised, albeit not sincerely.
He had plenty of other stories from the war years, including propaganda work for the BBC and interpretation for a unit in charge of Wehrmacht POW's, but that's a story for another time…
That’s a ripe old age for that era, especially considering he had been at war, many times. Kudos, Sir.
Well, he got used to not dying.
He was 69 if you check the dates, a month short of his 70th birthday
@@garthcox4307 and what was the average for the period?
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@neiloflongbeck5705 no idea but defo closer to 70 than 90
What a life! thanks for covering him so his deeds are remembered again!
Excellent presentation and topic and interesting piece of history. Did remind me of a Major in the USMC I served under named Hermann Quest, who was in the German Wehrmacht in WWII and had formally requested the US Govt to allow him to wear his German medals on his USMC uniform... for some odd reason he was denied, I wonder why? Apparently I was told that Allied forces could wear their medals acquired in other foreign services in the US military, so I guess Major Hermann thought he should be able to... We all thought it was funny.
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@andrewjost6714 was he trying to wear the version with the swastika on it??
They reissued medals in the 50s without the swastika on it so they could be worn by veterans because the swastika is banned in most countries including Germany and USA.
@@nancymilawski1048 I hope you know I was being facetious when I said "I wonder why?" as I think it would be common sense that an axis force person from WWII shouldn't be able to wear enemy medals on their new non axis homeland uniform. I'm sorry I can't answer your question about whether they had a swastika on them or not, and do not know what specific medals they were, whether they were medals of valor, wounds, or campaign participation ribbons... He was a no non-sense strict son of a gun though, and respected.
Remember, him serving the Prussians would not have been out of the ordinary ,because it was the Prussians who helped Wellington Win Waterloo!!
Grandad was with him at Waterloo!
I have my family retirement sword from Heidelberg, I have yet to find the service record of my Zeigler family. The sword was gifted Von Zeiglers Son in law a American my Ancestor, who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War. His wife, Mary Speyer, was from Heidelberg. I would hazard a guess that her family participated in the Napoleonic Wars on the Prussian side... I would love to find the records if they still exist.
@@samparkerSAM I don't know about Prussian records in particular, but I believe that a lot of German military records from past wars were destroyed in various Allied bombing raids in WW2.
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@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Utter rubbish!
Thanks for keeping British history alive Chris!!! Much appreciated!
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Another interesting video and now Manly is no longer a forgotten solder with your research and passion
Thanks again
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What an extraordinary life , replete with bravery , humanity a service . thank you for telling his story ..
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NOT to detract from Manley's suberb achievements
but
*Kudos to those implcably brave Maori too*
A very brave lad that Manley .....
When it mattered
He really was Manley
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Chris! It was an absolutely fantastic story about not just a about a great soldier, but a outstanding human being!!! Thank you!!
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Always enjoy these VC videos! Especially when it comes to ones like this. Thank you sir!
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There is another one out there, a member of the kings African rifles. Awarded the Ironcross during WW1 while serving in the German African colonial forces and during WW2 serving in the army of King George the 6th. He is mentioned in the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd as an honor guard.
But what's his name?
@@neiloflongbeck5705 I don’t remember and I’ve lost my coronation program from the Queen Elizabeth the 2nd coronation. I don’t live in Britain or a commonwealth country so it’s next to impossible for me to reacquire one affordability.
@kennethhummel4409 thanks for the reply, I'll try Google.
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@@neiloflongbeck5705 If you find a name please post it. I looked through the bio of every Caucasian VC recipient in WW2 and could find no mention of this. My thinking was that if the man was German or served in the German forces in Africa in WW1 he would not have been Gurkha or Indian etc ? Perhaps I am mistaken ?
Quite an impressive story. Dr. Manley certainly lived up to his surname, and brought honor and glory to it.
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Good morning, Chris, you do tell a cracking story. During my service in our medical Corp, we were never privy to the deeds of men like Mr. Manley. We did have our Simpson and his donkey. Which is bloody amazing in itself. Mr. Manly died of diabetes at 90, he did really well to get to that age with the disease. We struggle to keep people alive now into their 70's with diabetes. And I am sorry about my tardiness in keeping up with your video's. Cheers
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@@TheHistoryChap Chris, even living to 70 in that period of history with diabetes is great.
@@andrewsteele7663 It might well have been TYPE II .... developed later in life.
Fascinating. There's a headstone in a cemetery here in mid Wales, uk in memory of a young soldier who fell at the fall of the Redan in 1855.
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Excellent story. Thank you.
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Another great one from my favourite historian
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Amazing story. Thank you sir . Keep up the good work😊
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A man who deserves late publicity and praise.
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Truly a Brave and Interesting Man!
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Brilliant Chris just brilliant. I could listen to you for hours. Fascinating story and what a life for such a dedicted human being.Thank you very much.
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An amazing story, once again. Thank you Chris!
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Fascinating story Chris, what lives some Victorians led. Regards Jim.
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Another intriguing ep! Thanking you.
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Thank you continuing to create these videos teaching us of these forgotten soldiers and events... despite being well versed in history you continue to amaze me with your research and handpicked incidents to remind us of those who preceeded us all.
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Greetings from Indonesia. Thank you for yet another fascinating video, meticulously researched and vigorously presented. I particularly enjoyed your description of the Māori defence of their pa in 1864.
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Have found this channel whilst watching Wrecked Nation's reaction to this video.. must say what a lot I have to learn, so a new subscriber here.. 72 and in UK, so much of our history I have never heard or have forgotten over time
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What a fascinating story, I had never heard of this gentleman before. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful tale, what wonderful humanitarian this man was.
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Another great tale that definitely needed to be told. Thank you. Loving the content.
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NO. He should never be forgotten. Such care for his fellow man must never be forgotten. He deserves a place in the history books.
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Brilliant. Enjoyed that.
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What a great man he was! William Manly. Thank you! I have often wondered why we sided with the Serbians and Russians in WW1.
My father was in the same Battalion (20th) as Charles Upham. I could go on! Wow living to 90 and having both the Vic and Iron Crosses!
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A grand hero, worthy of rememberance, thanks for sharing.
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In a similar vein,John Ramsden's book, "Don't Mention the War", references a German POW camp at Wilton Park. One of the men tasked with denazifying the POWs was a German Jew,who was later awarded a gong. He also had an iron cross from WW1.
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Another great video. Thank you. I was especially impressed with all the pictures you used as illustrations. They just made the whole story come alive.
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I've learned a great deal from your channel. Thank you!
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Great Post thank you. Why have we never heard of this man or seen a statue of him somewhere.
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wow - I learned so much watching this video.
Chris has such a great TH-cam channel you always come away from watching a video a lot more knowledgeable and understanding after watch such good videos
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Great video. Never heard or saw anything about this before. Thank you.
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Thank you so much Chris
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Wonderful story. You give these accounts with great strength and gusto.
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Brilliant story so interesting thank you
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Another you wouldn't believe it ,being Scottish I've never heard of him what a shame amazing tale
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Great man !!! 👍👍
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Yes please on Māori wars. Great work Chris!
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A beautiful telling of a wonderful story.
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Great video.
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What a man. Thanks for making this public, shame it will be lost on the younger generation, but keep trying.
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Private Doss said it best. "While everybody else is takin life, I'm going to be saving it". Two of the greatest medals awarded for the greatest service.
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Hello Chris! Thank you for another excellent story. To put in perspective the significance of the £300.000 donated by the British people in 1870 to the British Ambulance Corps, today they would be worth £ 36.260.000!
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Yes! Very interesting! Thanks so much! Another good one!
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Wow! Wonderful video & narration!!
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Thank you, I loved your presentation, I have liked and subscribe and will be watching your other videos, thank you again
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What a fantastic career and a fascinating story. Thank you.
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Your videos are always excellent!
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Thank you for a fascinating podcast! What an amazing man- I'm glad you decided to give Dr. Manley his own episode. Just one question...he died just before his 90th birthday? Looking at his birth and death dates, wouldn't that have been just before his 70th birthday?
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Amazing video on a forgotten soldier. One minor note the ribbon on the Iron Cross 2nd class for non-combatants is inverse colors of the military award. The award William Manley received has white center with black stripes, this can be seen in the photograph at 12:55. Never the less thank you for all the amazing work you do to make British military history come to life.
Same in wwl, in wwll iron cross for non combat persons , as far as i know, with such a ribbon no more existed.
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Thanks for that story! Talk about a medically accomplished army man. He earned each and every one of those medals. We must never forget such men. One of his medals, for the Order of St. John, bears a distinct resemblance to the Pour le Merite, the highest honor for bravery given to German officers.
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Looking forward to seeing your work on the New Zealand wars 👍from New Zealand 👍
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Manley and 'Mark Twain' shared a high principle in life.
" My invariable practice in war has been to bring out of every fight two-thirds more men than when I went in. This seems to me Napoleonic in its grandeur.
- "Mark Twain as a Presidential Candidate," New York Evening Post, 9 June 1879
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Great video!! cant wait for some on the Māori war
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Excellent video indeed. Subscribed!
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Wow. I'm a lifelong military historian and this one is new to me.
It should be noted that the Victoria Cross is the UK's highest award for valor while the Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse is a lower tier award, somewhere between the DSC and MM in the British system.
Which does nothing whatsoever to diminish the valor and skill of SGN Dr. Manley, VC.
Not trying to split hairs, but Manley was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, for a non-combatant (note the ribbon has two narrow black stripes on a white field). The ribbon for combatant award is black, with two narrow white stripes.
@@owensomers8572 Ah. My bad. Misread the ribbon.
@@carlhicksjr8401 I only recently found out there was a difference.
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Great story and informations thanks for your hard work
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Wow, very interesting and impressive. What an absolutely amazing career to have had in such an iconic historical era and to have lived as long as he did of that time when many people died at an early age. 👍👏👏👏👏
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@@TheHistoryChap yes, am an avid history buff and enjoy a lot of WW1 historical information. As an ex-ADF veteran and who has multiple ancestors who served in the second Anglo Boer war, WW1, WW2 and peace keeping in Japan I say thanks very much for your informative clips. 👍
Quite a man! And he clearly richly deserved his medals!
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What an interesting man! Thank you.
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Lovely video, as always, sir.
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@TheHistoryChap My pleasure sir. Waiting for your next work.
Cheers once again.
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Another wonderful insight into #ourhistory
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An excellent perspective!
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Actually one I knew about, still fascinating, cheers 🍻 👏
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Quite a character. I await your take on the New Zealand Wars with interest.
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Top notch...as usual!
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While listening to you I also tried to look at some of the books behind you. I’ve read some, any you would like to suggest for a good read or just show us what’s on the shelf’s? I truly enjoy some of the subjects you bring to us. 👍🇺🇸
Very interesting. Chirpy delivery too.xx
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The Double CROSS,,,, NICE ONE💪🤔 Puts me in mind of my grandad🤔🧐 the was in Tanks in WW2🇬🇧 HIS NAME WAS ROBERT MANLEY 🥇🙏
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I really like your channel !!! This is great
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A unique achievement indeed, what an adventurous life and dedicated to care for the wounded of whatever uniform.
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Outstanding informative video!👍🏻🎅👍🏻🇺🇸🇬🇧🏴
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Gate Pa is a fascinating story . Well worth analysis.
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Very much looking forward to you getting into the Maori /New Zealand wars. From what I know about them, the Maori fought in a way that the British could have never expected from a culture who had only recently discovered firearms, and was eerily similar to trench warfare decades later. The Maori apparently had a unique ability for very rapidly digging and building fortifications that were very difficult for British artillery to overcome, and extremely dangerous for infantry to assault. They were also very creative with their firearms, using double barrel rifles when they could get them, and often cutting down the barrel of lower quality rifles and using them as shot guns. That along with the Maori being a warrior culture that was fierce in close quarters made them a uniquely difficult challenge for the British.
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Love these stories.
I love reading the Flashman books by George McDonald Fraser.
Obviously the character Flashman was a rogue and a coward and very lucky in all ways.
Did G.M.F know of all these accounts of the real heroes and battles from the newspapers at the time?
Just wondering
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Such people are special on this world. Their dedication to their fellow men is something we hold up as examples for everyone to follow. Yet we always seem to forget their lessons. Sigh...
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@@TheHistoryChap And well done in the presentation.
An excellent piece of barely known (unknown) history.
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Have you done a video on Juan Pujol García? He was awarded by both the British and the Germans in WWII
Medical staff in any country's military always seem to be among the bravest and most resourceful of men.
Fenian raids into Canada? Yes, please!!
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A teachers father at an old school of my mothers Flew fighters in WWii he flew for the Polish Germans AND the British!
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Love these stories about the VC recipients.May I suggest one of forfeited VCs, just to show the back side...?
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Don't forget British actor David Niven had an Iron Cross he got on the battlefield. A most interesting story, worth looking into.
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@@TheHistoryChap I have now - very well done - Filled in a lot of gaps he didn't tell of on a tv interview. Thanks.
Thanks for a superb story of WM, History Chap. Subscribed already:). PTW please note a little mistake made about WM's age: 70, not 90.
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What a brilliant story 👏👏😊.
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@@TheHistoryChap I love your videos , they are so fascinating.
Excellent tale!
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Look forward to more on the New Zealand Wars, and would be good to do one on the New Zealand Cross.
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Looking at the photographs you presented he also had the "Pour le Mérite" in addition to the Iron Cross 2nd class. His was the Military class as shown on this page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite he defiantly attracted awards like a magnet picking up iron dust.
No, it’s the order of St. John of Jerusalem
As I have joined the ranks of the elderly, I often compare times and dates, and then relate them to the present. The History Chap mentioned that Pegasus Bridge was far in the future at the time of the New Zealand Wars. It jumped out at me that the years separating those two events (1864-1944) is almost exactly the same number as separates Pegasus Bridge (June 1944) and today (August 2024).
It puts history into perspective.
A renaissance man. Thanks for this information
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@1:12 it's easy to see how he managed to be awarded the VC and the Iron Cross
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