His brother, Lieutenant Colonel John Stewart Noall BERNAYS, also served and fell during the Second World War.
While still a Member of Parliament, Lieutenant Robert Hamilton Bernays joined the Army in 1942 as a sapper and later received his commision in the Royal Engineers. He died in an aircraft crash in the Adriatic Sea while flying from Italy to Greece as part of a parliamentary delegation to visit British troops.
Military Service-
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 136061
Age: 42
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Son of the Revd. Prebendary Stewart Frederick Lewis Bernays, O.B.E. MA, CF, and Lillian Jane (Stephenson) Bernays; husband of Nancy Britton) Bernays of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England.
Robert H. Bernays was educated at Rossall School and Worcester College, Oxford. He later became Major Exhibitioner of Worcester College; he was President of Oxford Union in 1925.
Following his university education, he became a journalist on the 'Daily News' (later called the 'News Chronicle'), practising this profession until deciding to work in politics. A member of the Liberal party, he travelled to Australia and to India. His journey to India resulted in his writing, ‘Naked Fakir’, the story of Mahatma Gandhi; the book was published in 1931.
He served as the M.P. for Bristol (North) from 1931 to 1945; he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health from 1937 to 1939; and he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Transport from 1939 to 1940.
His name is remembered with honour on the Pucklechurch War Memorial; his is one name on a large brass plaque set centrally on the inside South wall of St Thomas A' Becket Church, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England.
While still a Member of Parliament, Lieutenant Robert Hamilton Bernays joined the Army in 1942 as a sapper and later received his commision in the Royal Engineers. He died in an aircraft crash in the Adriatic Sea while flying from Italy to Greece as part of a parliamentary delegation to visit British troops.
Military Service-
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 136061
Age: 42
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Son of the Revd. Prebendary Stewart Frederick Lewis Bernays, O.B.E. MA, CF, and Lillian Jane (Stephenson) Bernays; husband of Nancy Britton) Bernays of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England.
Robert H. Bernays was educated at Rossall School and Worcester College, Oxford. He later became Major Exhibitioner of Worcester College; he was President of Oxford Union in 1925.
Following his university education, he became a journalist on the 'Daily News' (later called the 'News Chronicle'), practising this profession until deciding to work in politics. A member of the Liberal party, he travelled to Australia and to India. His journey to India resulted in his writing, ‘Naked Fakir’, the story of Mahatma Gandhi; the book was published in 1931.
He served as the M.P. for Bristol (North) from 1931 to 1945; he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health from 1937 to 1939; and he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Transport from 1939 to 1940.
His name is remembered with honour on the Pucklechurch War Memorial; his is one name on a large brass plaque set centrally on the inside South wall of St Thomas A' Becket Church, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England.
His brother, Lieutenant Colonel John Stewart Noall BERNAYS, also served and fell during the Second World War.
While still a Member of Parliament, Lieutenant Robert Hamilton Bernays joined the Army in 1942 as a sapper and later received his commision in the Royal Engineers. He died in an aircraft crash in the Adriatic Sea while flying from Italy to Greece as part of a parliamentary delegation to visit British troops.
Military Service-
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 136061
Age: 42
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Son of the Revd. Prebendary Stewart Frederick Lewis Bernays, O.B.E. MA, CF, and Lillian Jane (Stephenson) Bernays; husband of Nancy Britton) Bernays of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England.
Robert H. Bernays was educated at Rossall School and Worcester College, Oxford. He later became Major Exhibitioner of Worcester College; he was President of Oxford Union in 1925.
Following his university education, he became a journalist on the 'Daily News' (later called the 'News Chronicle'), practising this profession until deciding to work in politics. A member of the Liberal party, he travelled to Australia and to India. His journey to India resulted in his writing, ‘Naked Fakir’, the story of Mahatma Gandhi; the book was published in 1931.
He served as the M.P. for Bristol (North) from 1931 to 1945; he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health from 1937 to 1939; and he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Transport from 1939 to 1940.
His name is remembered with honour on the Pucklechurch War Memorial; his is one name on a large brass plaque set centrally on the inside South wall of St Thomas A' Becket Church, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England.
While still a Member of Parliament, Lieutenant Robert Hamilton Bernays joined the Army in 1942 as a sapper and later received his commision in the Royal Engineers. He died in an aircraft crash in the Adriatic Sea while flying from Italy to Greece as part of a parliamentary delegation to visit British troops.
Military Service-
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 136061
Age: 42
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Son of the Revd. Prebendary Stewart Frederick Lewis Bernays, O.B.E. MA, CF, and Lillian Jane (Stephenson) Bernays; husband of Nancy Britton) Bernays of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England.
Robert H. Bernays was educated at Rossall School and Worcester College, Oxford. He later became Major Exhibitioner of Worcester College; he was President of Oxford Union in 1925.
Following his university education, he became a journalist on the 'Daily News' (later called the 'News Chronicle'), practising this profession until deciding to work in politics. A member of the Liberal party, he travelled to Australia and to India. His journey to India resulted in his writing, ‘Naked Fakir’, the story of Mahatma Gandhi; the book was published in 1931.
He served as the M.P. for Bristol (North) from 1931 to 1945; he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health from 1937 to 1939; and he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Transport from 1939 to 1940.
His name is remembered with honour on the Pucklechurch War Memorial; his is one name on a large brass plaque set centrally on the inside South wall of St Thomas A' Becket Church, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England.
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Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Age: 42.
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