Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne DCM by Stuart Liptrot (AP) SIG64 and the tactical Ninth Air

and the tactical Ninth Air Force played a huge part in securing that position

Often described as the most beautiful of all the clippers

He retired from the RNZAF in 1956

The island of Britain stood alone and

formed by laying steel matting in almost impossible conditions

Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne DCM by Stuart Liptrot (AP) SIG64 and the tactical Ninth AirL6AP. Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne DCM by Stuart Liptrot Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne of the 24th Regiment at the Defence of Rorkes Drift during the Zulu attack on Rorkes Drift. Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne, 2nd battalion South Wales Borderers. Frank Bourne was born on the 27th April 1854 in Balcombe Sussex. When Bourne was 18 he joined the 24th Regiment in 1872, being promoted to Corporal in 1875 and Sergeant in 1878. Sergeant Bourne was promoted to