Dear Members,
on ebay, you can find some envelopes from the correspondence from Lieut. Borner.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/GB-FORCES-IN-FRANCE-1940-NAVAL-EXPEDITIONARY-FORCE-CHURCHILL-WORLD-WAR-II-/191949451070?hash=item2cb1142f3e:g:HgoAAOSw65FXwAsr
I have read about, the FPHS has got articles about this Operation from Nick Colley and Alistair Kennedy. Whe can me send a copy please?
Thank you.
Ingo
Ingo
The only Royal Navy Officer listed in the May 1940 Navy List with the surname of Bonner
is a Midshipman M.J.H Bonner serving on HMS York (Cruiser), but she was in Norway in
Apr and May 1940 bringing the troops home from that ill-fated expedition
Frank Schofield
Hi Frank,
it is from France. I think about is Operation Royal Marine. The letters NEF is Naval Expeditionary Force.
Ingo
Ingo
I agree, but where did the rank of Lieut come from, he is not listed as a Royal Marine, so is he Army ??
Frank
Ingo & Frank
You can view the whole Colley / Kennedy article in the online Journal here:
http://www.forcespostalhistorysociety.org.uk/journal_archive/journals-current---291/journal-309.pdf
It provides some background to Lieut Bonner as follows:
"Borner joined London Division RNVR as a paymaster sub-lieutenant in 1934 and was mobilised in August 1939. "
and also provides a web reference to his obituary, from where Colley / Kennedy obtained much of his background information:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10870461/Commander-Ronald-Borner-obituary.html
[u]Note[/u]: surname is Borner not Bonner !
Cheers, Mike ;)
Mike
Just shows you how easy you can misread someones writing
Frank
Mike,
great history about NEF!
Next time in my exhibition collection. But other items from Lieut. Borner. One with handmade censor mark.
Many thanks Mike
Here is the handwrite censormark.