Leonard Francis Morling
(1904-1994), ColonelSitter in 1 portrait
by A.H. Stickells
bromide print, circa 1940
NPG x87690
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Alec Paddy
27 February 2019, 18:36
This may be Col LF Morling DSO, OBE, TD of the Royal Engineers. He was awarded the DSO in the retreat from France in 1940, command his battalion and conducting demolitions. He then served in Iraq and India.
He is the author of a book entitled, SUSSEX SAPPERS: A History of the Sussex Volunteer and Territorial Army Royal Engineer Units, 1890 - 1967, by Colonel L. F. Morling (Author)
He grew up in Seaford in East Sussex, where his family owned a large building firm. He died in the early 1990s.
I am more than happy to supply further details, as I know them, relating to his life and career. I would imagine the photograph shows a rather'dapper' man with glasses and a moustache.
Barry Buchan
07 October 2019, 15:54
MR Morling as I was introduced to him in 1965 when I started to work in a Lloyd’s Insurance Broker in Fenchurch St. London EC3.
Mr Morling was in charge of all record keeping for Marine And Aviation departments.
I was 18 years old at the time and employed as a junior Marine Claims Broker.
Mr Morling was a huge influence in my life and my insurance career which lasted 50 years until my retirement.
The Colonel as he was known became a great friend to my wife and I but we lost touch with him when the company was sold to a much larger concern 6 years later.
Regards
Barry Buchan.