Husband: Morris Owen OSBORNE [I3]

Born: about 1909 Married: in during WWII Died: UNKNOWN Father: Amos Henry OSBORNE Mother: Ethel STEPHENS Spouses: Residence: New Zealand 1929 Elected Member. Medway Yacht Club, Rochester 1 Residence: 1930 62 Constitution Road, Chatham 2 Residence: 1927 62 Constitution Road, Chatham (rented fom H. J. Lambkin for 1/ 6 per week) 3 Occupation: AGE 21 Sales Rep for Power Petroleum Company, Ltd Occupation: Sales Manager & Director, Medico Ltd, Blackburn Notes: Whilst painting, he stood back to admire his work. Unfortunately at the time he was on a scaffold and fell 2 floors! He was crippled and lived another two years. Named after the Labour author William Morris. Phyllis Bangham (Letter 12 Feb 1996): (describing photo) "The photo is of ... Morris ... outside Buckingham Palace in 1944. He won the D.F.C. for bringing in a plane on fire to Hornchurch airdrome. He ordered all the crew to bail out." Michael Osborne (16/04/2001): 20/30yrs before emigrating to NZ, had applied to live in South Africa - denied 'too many airmen'. Tony Gre(i)g(s) father - former England Captain - now Australian citizen (farm in SA (South Australia?)) was one of the aircrew rescued (DFC Incident?) Was wounded in the Air War for Malta in 1944 Was given a ground job travelling around the major cities in South Africa, training for the RAF Loved SA and wanted to stay but was denied by SA Gov Returned to UK 1946/1947 Demobbed finished with rank of Squadron Leader DFC etc. etc. [I?] Phyllis Osborne (Letter, 9 May 2001) Ethel bought a small house in Constitution Rd & and <?> the front room into a <?> small shops and did very well uduring the 1st Word War & bought 3 more shops... She left 2 each to Hardie & Morris.Hardie opened a shop in Gui;dford& did very welland then started gambling & lost everything. Morris opened a cool drink bottle store & also lost it all. BUT they did pull up & make good..... Morris joined the Air Force (married Molly) & won(?) the DFC - wqs honoured by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Shame that dead mother, Ethel, had died & never knew that." [I?] Phyllis Osborne (Letter, 9 May 2001) "Morris was like his dad - very dark and quick tempered." [i?] Michael Osborne (Letter, April 2001) "Morris would always rave on how poor they were... though they owned a shop, 3 freehold houses, shares, etc. Could it be that Ethel, a daughter of a doctor, and, looking at a picture of him in his Victorian properity - inherited a fair swag of money, though Maud didn't? (Maud) was as poor as a churchmouse. On the otherhand Frank, as the male heir, would have got the lot. This is perplexing!" [i?] Michael Osborne (Letter, April 2001) "Morris virually lived & died on our local golf course. Pity he didn't think of his wife..." SCHOOLING: ??? Summer Term 1918 Report - Position 15th of 57 in class Chatham Education Committee - Examination for Scholarship to Chatham Junior Technical School (8 Feb 1919) Chatham (Kent) Education Committee - Luton Boys School - Report for Christmas 1921. Position 8th of 48 pupils in Class I. 11 Apr 1922 - Letter indicating that Morris "has been awarded a Scholarship tenable at (Chatham Junior Technical School).. for 3 years" Newspaper Clipping: 14 Jul 1922 "Chatham Junior Technical & Commerical Schools ... sports at Holcombe... (Pictured of) Form 3B winners of the Tug-of-War - (incl. Osborne)" Medway (Kent) Education Committee - Junior Technical School, Chatham - Report for Autum 1922. Position 10 of 24 upuils in Form Ia. Medway (Kent) Education Committee - Junior Technical School, Chatham - Report for Autum 1924. Position 9 of 17 pupils in Form III.a. (height 5ft 4.25in; weight 8st 5lbs) 29 May 1924 "wiiners of Boy's Senior & Juinior Relay Races... (pictured) Osborne." Chatham, Rochester Observer (Fri 12 Dec 1924:): "... at the Institute of the Chatham Junior & Technical & Commerical Schools ... pupils are presenting Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." ... Scrooge, "hard and sharp as flint from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire," was played with distinction by Morris Osborne." (Fri 12 Dec 1924:): Friday "Brilliant performace by (Junior) pupils of Chatham Technical School... The dispicable character of Scrooge was most ably interpreted by Morris Osborne, who made him a living, breathingsymbol of meanness, yet drew upon our sympathies when he reformed his selfish past and made Charity his god. Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham Observer (5 Jun 1925): Chatham Technical School - sports (held at Holcombe, Maidstone Road, Chatham on Friday) Senior Results: High Jump - 1st (4 ft 5in), 100 yds - 2nd, 220 yds - 2nd, Three-legged Race - 1st, One Mile Walk - 1st (9 mins 50.6 secs), Thowing the Cricket Ball - 1st Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham Observer (5 Jun 1925): "...Medway Rowing Club ... won the principal pulling trophies. In the accompanying picture their senior four are seen winning the Medway R.C. Challenge Cup." Extracts from a letter (undated - but gives his age as 36, ie between Apr 1945 and Mar 1946: (Initially) I had a varied sales career commencing with an appointment at the age of 21 as a representative to the Power Petroleum Company Ltd. I lef tthem klater on to handle various speciality lines until I became connected with Medico Ltd. I joined the RAF at the outbreak of war (1939?), resigning my postion of Sales Manager and Director of Medico Ltd, Blackburn to do so. I completed a full tour of Operations from Home and Middle East bases durign the years 1941/43. I was awarded the D.F.C. in 1942 during the siege of Malta. 3 Months ago returned from South Africa. I was there for two years... as Chief NAvigation Instructor at 43 Air School. This ... job being largley administrative. Had I been successful in obtaining a priority passage for my wife and small son to join me there I would have remained. This I was unable to do so I returned. I am a Flight Lieutenant (F/Lt) in the RAFVR (RAF Station Gibbet Hill (Gb), Hindhead, Surrey) The Distinguished Flying Cross recognises acts of bravery during combat operations in the air. The Distinguished Flying Cross was instituted in 1918. It is awarded "for gallantry during active operations against the enemy."

Wife: M. KING [I8]

Born: Died: Father: UNKNOWN KING Mother: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Spouses:

Children

01 (): P. OSBORNE [I9] Born: Died: Spouses:

02 (): Michael Quentin OSBORNE [I10] Born: 1945/1946 4 Died: JUN 2002 in New Zealand Spouses: Residence: New Zealand; Wellington, Berhampore cir.1948-9 Notes: [i?] Michael Osborne (Letter 14 April 2001) "Nearby (to Guildford, Surrey is) an army base. To this I was sent to when a college cadet 1958 to attend a course for seven days. Alas the army & myself did not like each other & after 3 or 4 days they kicked me out though thet did pay for my train fare home. (My father, Morris) was livid. However I am pleased to add that this is one of the army bases that has received special attention from the IRA. Good!"

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