Edward Mannock VC

Edward Mannock's life after 1914 has been well researched, but his life before 1914 has not been properly research. There are so many complicating pieces of information that it is difficult to find out where he was born.

Born

Royal Aero Club registration gives Ballincollig, Cork . It would appear that a thorough physical search of the Ballincollig register has failed to find his birth
1891 census gives Brighton. as does his 1911 census record. It would have been Mannock VC that gave the 1911 information - he could have put anything, but chose to put Brighton
Fathers service record gives at Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
Victoria Cross Recipients says he was born on 24 May 1887 in Preston Cavalry Barracks Brighton Sussex. But I cannot find any GRO registration under Mannock or Corringham.
There is an Aldershot Birth Cert that gives Edward Patrick Corringham, born Aldershot Barracks, 13 June 1886, son of Edward Corringham, 'Sergeant Scots Greys' and Julia Corringham, née Sullivan. This is certainly one of the Mannock children, but one needs the birth of the other child in 1888 to separate them

1890 Mar 19 A transcript of baptism record for Edward Corrigham, at Dundalk Apparently from Dandalk register and appearing as a transcription in Roots Ireland

Name:	Edward Corrigham	Date of Birth:
		Date of Baptism:	19-Mar-1890
Address:	Barracks	Parish/District:	DUNDALK
Gender:	Unknown	County	Co. Louth
		Denomination:	Roman Catholic

Father:	Edward Corrigham	Mother:	Julia Sullivan

1891 census with his parents in London "Edward aged 3 born Brighton, Sussex

The family were in India after their father's posting . During a stay in India, ‘Mick’, then ten years old, suffered an amoebic infestation which caused temporarily blindness. Eyesight problems were to dog him for the rest of his life.

1903 Seems to be the year that Edward Mannock senior abandoned his family. At this point Edward VC had to go out to work from about the age of 15

His education was at the Military School at Canterbury, he entered the service of the National Telephone Company. In 1913 he went to Turkey and was detained there as a prisoner for some time after the outbreak of the war.

1911 census .

Edward Mannock; Boarder; age 23; single; Telephone Inspector - Telephone Co Worker; born Brighton, Sussex (head of household Albert Walter Joyce - also a Telephone Inspector - 64 Melton Rd, Wellingborough)

1916 Aviators certificate giving Cork.

1992. His medals were eventually auctioned at Sotheby's in 1992 and bought by the Lord Ashcroft collection: And are displayed at the Imperial War Museum

Mannock Family