Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Richard Thomas Ringwood Macmanaway, Royal Army Service Corps, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Major Macmanaway was employed at Headquarters, Anti-Aircraft Command, as Assistant Director of Supply and Transport from January, 1942, during which time he was called upon to perform extra duty in the absence of his immediate superior. His great experience and powers of organisation were major factors in the smooth running of Supply and Transport Services in Anti-Aircraft Command for two and a half years. By sheer will power he refused to allow ill health to interfere with duties which he at all times performed with high efficiency and the utmost tact. He comes from Monaghan. Full text of "Clogher clergy and parishes [microform] : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc." Richard T. RingWood, ed. at Christ's Hospital, England, and at Campbell Coll., Belfast (where as an athlete he won three silver cups) and at T.C.D. ; became Capt. A.S.C., served in the Great War, and Was mentioned in Despatches ; m. December 12th, 1917, Zelma Norah Kathleen, twin dau, of Sir Robert Gardner, Kt. of Dublin London Gazette@ 28 May 1943 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36033/supplements/2426 9 May 1944 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36509/supplements/2171 12 May 1944 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36513/supplements/2219 Maj. R. T. R. MacManaway, O.B.E. (9888) h.p. list, late R.A.S.C. retires on ret. pay, on account of ill-health, 12th May 1944, and is granted the hon. rank of Lt.-Col. 6 June 1944 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36553/supplements/2735 28 June 1946 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37635/supplements/3380 See this thread for ref: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/resear...ire-who-have-won-distinctions.html#post195852 :irishflag[1]:
