BOND, ROBERT (or PETER); b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1627, Westminster Student to 1630, but did not matric.; in the Dean’s Book at Christ Church he is described as Peter Bond.
BOND, THOMAS, second son of Sir William Bond, Kt, Highgate, Middlesex, Alderman, City of London, and Catherine, dau. of John Povey, Lauderdale House, Highgate, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1627, Westminster Student to (?) 1629; MB 1634; MD 1638; m. Catherine, dau. of John Osbaldeston, Warwicks.
Bone, Alexander Drummond, son of Drummond Bone of Buenos Aires and Jane Johnstone, d. of David Hume of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh; b. 22 Dec. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1929; re-adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1933; Univ. of Lond., MB BS MRCS LRCP 1939; RNVR 1940-3 (Surg. Lieut.); served in HMS Dorsetshire at the sinking of the Bismarck, torpedoed in HMS Lively; DSC (Med.) Nov. 1942; lost with HMS Dulverton 13 Nov. 1943.
Alexander Drummond Bone was born at Battersea, Surrey on the 22nd of December 1914 the only son of Drummond Bone, a consulting engineer, and Jean Johnston (nee Hume) Bone of 64, Prince of Wales’ Mansions, Battersea, later of 122, Sloane Street in London. He was christened at St Mary’s Church, Wandsworth on the 3rd of March 1917.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1928 to July 1929. He was readmitted in September 1931 when he was up Homeboarders until July 1933. He went on to the St Thomas’ Hospital, University of London from 1933, achieving MB BS MRCS and LRCP in 1939. On the outbreak of war he was working as a House Physician at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. He was commissioned as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on the 14th of May 1940.
He was serving on board the heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire when she was involved in the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941. He was serving with the destroyer HMS Lively when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on the 11th of May 1942. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross: - “For bravery and devotion to duty while serving in HM Ship Lively in the Mediterranean.” which was announced in the London Gazette of the 17th of November 1942.
He was later posted to the destroyer HMS Dulverton (L63).
In October 1943 HMS Dulverton, under the command of Commander Stuart Austen Buss MVO DSC RN, formed part of a force which was supporting the capture the islands of Kos and Leros from the Germans. On the 22nd of October she fired on shore targets at Levitha and she transported troops and stores to Leros on the 27th of October when she came under sustained attack from enemy aircraft and E Boats before she returned to Alexandria.
On the 12th of November HMS Dulverton returned to the area to support the garrison on Leros, which had just been attacked by German paratroopers. At around 1.45am on the 13th of November 1943, she was some five miles off the coast of Kos when she was attacked by Do217 aircraft of KG 100 which were using Hs 293 glider bombs. During the attack she was hit abreast of the bridge by one of the bombs, which blew off her bow section and started a number of fires on board. While the destroyer HMS Echo (H23) began rescuing the survivors, the escort destroyer HMS Belvoir (L32) continued firing on the enemy aircraft. By 3.20am the now abandoned destoyer was burning fiercely and orders were given to HMS Belvoir to scuttle her with a torpedo. HMS Dulverton was hit by the torpedo and sank at 3.33am. Six officers and one hundred and fourteen ratings had been rescued but three officers and seventy five ratings had been lost in the attack. Alexander Bone was among the dead.
He is commemorated on the St Thomas’ Hospital Roll of Honour
He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 84, Column 2.
Bonner, Charles Bradlaugh, son of Arthur Bonner, F. S. A., of Upper Tooting, by Hypatia, second daughter of Charles Bradlaugh, M. P.; b. April 28, 1890; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 24, 1903 (H); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 22, 1904; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and a Triplett gratuity). July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; enlisted in 2/8th Essex Cyclists May 1917; asst. master at County Secondary School, Bromley, Kent, 1919-22; Head of Boys' School, Woolwich Polytechnic, 1922-28; Senior English Master, Mercers' School, 1936-50; Henry Thornton School 1954-63; author of various translations from French; m. April 1914, Gabrielle Marie-Louise, daughter of Octave Uldry, of Lausanne, Switzerland.
BONNEY, FRANCIS TAYLOR, son of Rev. Thomas Bonney, Perpetual Curate of Pipe Ridware, Staffs., and Head Master of Rugeley GS, and his second wife Eliza Ellen, dau. of Edward Smith, Rugeley, Staffs.; younger brother of Rev. Prof. Thomas George Bonney, formerly an Assistant Master at the School (qv); b. 30 Apr 1844; adm. 12 Jun 1857; QS May 1860; left Apr 1863; entered Civil Service; for some years in General Post Office; d. 25 Oct 1886.
BONNOR, CHARLES CLIFFE JOHN, only son of Maj. Thomas Bonnor, Ceylon Rifles, and Sarah, third dau. of Thomas Hatch; b. 26 Nov 1832; adm. 11 Jun 1846 (Benthall's); QS 1847; d. at school of typhoid fever, 13 May 1848; memorial tablet in North Cloister.
BONNOR, ROBERT DEMPSTER, son of Richard Bonnor Maurice-Bonnor (qv), and his second wife; b. 2 Dec 1842; adm. (G) 22 May 1856; Min. Can. 1857; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 May 1861, matr. Mich. 1861; BA 1865; ordained deacon 1865, priest 1866 (both St. Asaph); Curate, Holywell, Flints., 1865-6, Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, 1866-8, Meiford, Montgomeryshire, 1868-9; Rector of Newmarket, Flints., 1869-77; Vicar of Great Ness, Shropshire, from 1877; m. Apr 1869 Frances Alicia Mary, second dau. of Edward Moore Gawne, Speaker of the House of Keys, Isle of Man; d. 16 Oct 1905.
BONNOR-MAURICE, HENRY, second son of Robert Maurice Bonnor-Maurice (qv); b. 19 May 1843; adm. 22 May 1856; QS 1858; left 16 May 1862; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Mar 1862; Ensign, 15th Foot, 9 Jan 1864; Lieut., 28 Dec 1866; Capt., 6 Sep 1873; retd. 11 Jul 1877; m. 27 Nov 1873 Mary Barbara, eldest dau. of Marmaduke Coghill Cramer, Rathmore, co. Cork; d. 14 Jan 1879.
Bonser, Winfield Joyce, only son of the Right Hon. Sir John Winfield Bonser, of Eaton Place, London, sometime Chief Justice of Ceylon, and subsequently a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, by his first wife Bertha M. L., second daughter of John Nanson, of Carlisle; b. Jan. 12, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 18, 1900; left July 1904; Christ's Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1904, scholar Nov. 7, 1906); 1st class (div. 3) Classical Tripos, part 1, 1907; B.A. 1907; called to the bar at the Inner Temple June 28, 1911; 2nd Lieut. 11th (Service) Batt. Rifle Brigade Sept. 25, 1914; Lieut. 12th (Service) Batt. Feb. 3, 1915; Capt. March 12, 1915; went out to the western front in July 1915; killed in action at Fauquisert, near Estaires, Sept. 25, 1915.
BONUS, WILLIAM, son of Charles William Bonus, Sydenham Road, Croydon, Surrey, and Mary Harriet, eldest dau. of William Tomson, Ramsgate, Kent; b. 17 Aug 1865; adm. (D) 23 Jan 1879; left Dec 1880; emigrated to Canada 1883; settled as a farmer near Bailieboro, South Monaghan township, Co. Northumberland, Ontario; m. 12 Feb 1890 Mary Jane, dau. of William Brown, Cavan township, co. Durham, Ontario; d. at Bailieboro 11 Jul 1891.