Gunner65 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Motor Owner Drivers When the RND were sent to aid in the Defence of Antwerp it was without most of the usual divisional support units. To help with some of the problems caused by the absence of transport,one of the 'stop gap' measures employed was to give 50 motor owner drivers temporary commissions as Hon. 2nd Lieut. Royal Marines and these were sent over to France and Belgium with their cars together with a number of London buses that had been purchased by the admiralty. It must be noted that all of these Owner Drivers served with the RND. Gradually over the early months of 1915 , the services of many MOD's was terminated and by June 1915 all remaining ceased to be mentioned in the Navy list. Rare 14 star to Charles Bridgland Temp.Lieut RM attached RN Div. Motor Owner Driver at Antwerp KIA Gallipoli shot by a sniper 11/12/15 I have his 14 star and BWM still looking for the Victory medal 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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