Manley, Francis Cyril Churchill

BORN HULL 14/10/1896. SON OF FRANCIS CHURCHILL MANLEY (1864-1938) & FLORENCE BURHMAM (1867-1936), OF 16 BOW ALLEY LANE, HULL AND “HOLMSLEIGH” HOUSE, DAVENPORT ROAD, HESSLE. (PROBATE ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. EDUCATED AT CHARTERHOUSE, GODALMING SCHOOL, SURREY.

FRANCIS CYRIL CHURCHILL MANLEY WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED INTO THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, BEING SENT TO FRANCE AND SERVING THROUGHOUT THE SOMME BATTLE, IN CHARGE OF A HEAVY TRENCH MORTAR. HE TRANSFERRED AS AN OBSERVER, TO THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS AND WAS SEVERELY INJURED IN JULY 1917, WHEN HIS PLANE FELL INTO THE SEA. AFTER BEING DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL HE JOINED THE  ROYAL AIR FORCE AS A TRAINEE PILOT.  HE DIED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THROWLEY, FAVERSHAM, KENT, ON 11/08/1918, AGED 21. HIS BODY WAS TAKEN BACK TO HESSLE STATION AND A LARGE CHURCH SERVICE WAS HELD (REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/08/1918)

HE LEFT £216 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER.

HIS BROTHER, GERALD MANLEY, ALSO FLEW FOR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. HE CRASH LANDED BEHIND ENEMY LINES AND WAS CAPTURED ON 09/02/1918, AGED 19. HE DIED IN HULL IN 1963. THEIR ONLY SISTER FRANCES FLORENCE MALEY, NEVER MARRIED. SHE DIED IN TWICKENHAM, ON 07/11/1952, AGED 58.

HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.


First name:
FRANCIS CYRIL CHURCHILL
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Date Died
11/08/1918
Place died:
Hessle Cemetery, Haltemprice, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
21
HOLMSLEIGH, DAVENPORT AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried