MANSELL, William Bradbury

Rank: 
Lieutenant (later Colonel)
Unit / Base: 
40 Commando RM
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Born: 
Sunday, June 26, 1927
Died : 
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
Lieutenant William Mansell was awarded the M.C., for distinguished service in operations in Malaya during the period 10th June  to 4th September, 1950 [1].
 
In 1985 Colonel William Bradbury Mansell, M.C., former principal of the National Maritime Museum, was appointed O.B.E. (Civil Division) [2].
 
Sources
[1] London Gazettes Supp. 39215, page 2389.
[1] National Archives file WO 373/129/121.
[2] London Gazettes Supp. 50361, page 10.
The Light Blue Lanyard, author Maj. J.C. Beadle MBE, MC, RM.
Obituary in the Daily Telegraph 3/8/2000.
 

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