Brian John Rollin BONEY. bc 1921

[Jool]

Brian was in the UK in 1937.  There is an article in the Western Morning News (Plymouth) 06 January 1937.

Aircraft Apprentices Examination.
Successful Westcountry competitors in the recent examination for the entry of aircraft apprentices into the Royal Air Force are as follows:-

(a very long list of names including....)
Brian John Rollin Boney, Plympton Grammar School.

[Jool]

Could this be Brian's birth, reported in the Western Morning News (Plymouth) 06 November 1920.

[Brentor boy]

Thank you, Jool. Two excellent finds. It's all gradually coming together.

[Jool]

Brian's baptism can be found on UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 (Ancestry).

It is not indexed under Brian's name, I found it by searching his father's name.

Baptised 12 Dec 1920
Born 4 Nov 1920
Brian John Rollin Boney
Parents: Bertram John (Electrical Fitter) and Winifred Florence Boney
Abode: Ness Cottage, next line looks like S.omerset?, Bermuda

The title on the front cover of the book reads BAPTISMS, H.M. DOCKYARD, BERMUDA.

I have attached a snip of the part I can't read, I wasn't sure if I could attach all of the original image due to copyright.

[Jool]

Passenger List Oct 1948, London to Cape, South Africa on board the Llanstephan Castle.
Mrs. K. Boney b. 1923 (age 25).  Travelling with her is a female child, noted as 1 year old, with the same initials as the child born in Dec Q 1946 (mentioned in your post #5).

Last address in the UK is recorded as Ivydene, Grosvenor Road, Crownhill, Plymouth (same address as Brian's parents were at in 1939).

Original image is on FindMyPast.

[Brentor boy]

Thanks again, Jool, for putting more flesh on Boney bones.

There is a Somerset Village in  Bermuda.

 I have traced the girl born in Plymouth on 28 Dec 1946 to Derby Street, Berkley, California, age circa 75

BJRB's RAF service number was 571057