Orders, Decorations and Medals

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840,2 clasps, Banda Neira, Java (George Manning) good very fine

George Manning served as Landsman aboard H.M.S. Caroline at both actions.

68 clasps were issued for the capture of the island of Banda Neira, for which Captain Christopher Cole, of the Caroline, received the gold medal. The successful operations resulted in the surrender of more than 1500 Dutch troops.

George Manning was born in Bristol and joined H.M.S. Doris as a volunteer from the True Briton, Indiaman, on 24 June 1807, aged 19, and was rated Boy. He joined Caroline on 20 April 1810, and served in her until 19 January 1812.