Manners Ralph Wilmott Nightingale DSO (1871 - 1956)

Born 15 Apr 1871 in Sidmouth, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Marion Violet Brunker — married 2 Oct 1930 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 9 Apr 1956 at age 84 in Military Hospital, Gibraltar

Biography

Maj.-Gen. Manners Ralph Wilmott Nightingale was born on the 15th of April 1871. He was the son of Percy Nightingale and Frances Brophy. He married, firstly, Anna Forestier-Walker, the daughter of Arthur George Forestier-Walker, on the 1st of August 1907. He married, secondly, Violet Marion Brunker, the daughter of Lt.-Col. Howard Molyneux Edward Brunker, on the 2nd of October 1930. He died on the 9th of April 1956 at the age of 84.

• fought in the Tirah Campaign in 1898. He fought in the Boxer Rebellion between 1900 and 1901.
• fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches and was wounded.
• was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1915.
• was appointed Brigade Commander in 1917.
• was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1918.
• was invested as a Companion, Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.) in 1919.
• fought in the Kurdistan Campaign in 1919.
• fought in the Iraq Campaign in 1920.
• fought in the Temporary Colonel Commandant in 1921.
• was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1923.
• again appointed Brigade Commander in 1923.
• fought in the Waziristan Campaign between 1923 and 1924.
• gained the rank of Major-General in 1924 in the service of the Indian Army.
• was Colonel of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (FF), Indian Army between 1937 and 1945.

Sources

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p54215.htm#i542143
• [S37] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

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Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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