BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN MANLEY (1846-1920) & REBECCA ANN COVERDALE (1856-1947), OF 130 , DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1901 CENSUS) 199, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL & THEN 18, STANLEY STREET, MOSTON HILL, MANCHESTER (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HEHAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS, AUGUSTINE AND PHILIP HUGH MANLEY. SON OF A CORPORATION CLERK IN HULL. HIS FATHER WAS FROM HULL. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN NORFOLK.
VERNON JOHN MANLET WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS. BASED AT TIDWORTH BARRACKS, HAMPSHIRE, WITH THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS (1911 CENSUS)
HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE ON 22/08/1914, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/10/1915, AGED 22. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.