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Manby was born in the village of Denver on the edge of the Norfolk Fens.His parents were Mary Woodcock (1741-1783) and Captain Matthew Pepper Manby (1735-1774), lord of the manor of Wood Hall in Hilgay, a former soldier and aide-de-camp to Lord Townshend and barrack-master of Limerick at his death. [1]
The wreck was witnessed by captain George William Manby. [2] Following this tragedy, Manby experimented with mortars, and so invented the Manby Mortar, (later used with the breeches buoy), that fired a thin rope from shore into the rigging of a ship in distress. A strong rope, attached to the thin one, could be pulled aboard the ship.
The other dead were listed as Maj. George W. Alexander, Austin, and 1st Lt. Robert E. Horne Jr., 24, Bergstrom air base, whose parents live in Gulfport, Miss." [108] Maj. Richard E. Willsic (also reported as Willsie), in 50-1130, [107] and Capt. Bryce E. Long, in 50-1120, [107] parachuted from their aircraft, while Lt. Eustace Coltharp, in 51 ...
Manby mortar, 1842 drawing John Cantiloe Joy, Going to a Vessel requiring assistance and Thereby preventing Shipwreck (undated), Norfolk Museums Collections. The Manby mortar or Manby apparatus was a maritime lifesaving device originated at the start of the 19th century, comprising a mortar capable of throwing a line to a foundering ship within reach of shore, such that heavier hawsers could ...
Captain Dawson of Company F from Merrill died Anniston, Alabama 29 October 1898 of typhoid fever which was preceded by pneumonia. [7] Alfred G. Thoreson, age 21 from Dane County of Co M, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry died of yellow fever on Hospital Ship "Relief" at sea between Puerto Rico and Philadelphia; buried at sea. [7]
Charles Manby (1804–1884), civil engineer and son of Aaron Manby; Dave Manby, canoeist or kayaker; Frederic Edward Manby (1845–1891), surgeon and Mayor of Wolverhampton 1888/1889, elder brother to Alan Reeve Manby; Captain George William Manby FRS (1765–1864), inventor of the Manby Mortar and the first portable pressurised fire ...
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Manby was born in the village of Hilgay on the edge of the Norfolk Fens. His father, Matthew Pepper Manby, was lord of the manor of Wood Hall in Hilgay and a former soldier and aide-de-camp to Lord Townshend. Manby's eldest sister Mary Jane (1763-1773), younger brother John (1773-1783) and two other siblings died as children.