MANLEY, Frederick, Reuben, W.

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Known as: 
Fred
Rank: 
Guardsman
Unit / Base: 
4 Commando
Prior Police Service: 
Bedfordshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps: 
Grenadier Guards
Service: 
Army
Number: 
14241835
Born: 
Monday, June 25, 1917
Died: 
1996
Guardsman Fred Manley joined the Commandos as part of one of the Police Intakes. 
  • 6 June 1944 wounded (remaining on duty) on 6 June 1944 at Normandy, France [1].
  • August 1944 one the No.4 Commandos sent to Field Marshall Montgomery's Caravan HQ as a special Commando Guard [2].
  • 1939 Police Constable 106 residing at 46 Vernon Road, Luton [3].
  • 14 July 1947 transferred to Kent Constabulary retiring 1964 [4].
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/78.
[2] Commando Association newsletter 44 and obituaries in newsletter 103.
[3] The 1939 Register covering Luton. 
[4] Curator of the Kent Police Museum via Tony Moore, FRHistS, Police Historian.
Registers of deaths in Kent (Shepway District).
 
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