Memorial Sunday 10th November 2019, reminds us that my wife's father, Gurkha Captain Durham Frank Mallalieu (Derry Mallalieu) died in 1975, at his then Ock Street, Abingdon address.
In World War 2, he was an engineer officer who fought with the Gurkhas against the Japanese. After the war he was known, renowned, for rebuilding and racing classic Bugatti's and Bentley's in the UK and USA. His own hand-made, hill-climber Bentley-Special recently sold for £40,000 at Bonhams.
Derry owned a Kukri Gurkha knife, inscribed "Captain D F Mallalieu", with a dark brown scabbard. This important family momento was lost in one of the removals when his widow moved home, to Yorkshire, then to Oxford.
Such knives are not valuable (£50 - £100) - but we would like to recover it and pass it on to Derry's grandchildren. It will be languishing in a cupboard or tea-chest. somewhere in Britain. If you find it please contact his daughter. Pauline Hodson - nee Mallalieu - 16 Brookside - Oxford OX3 7PJ - Tel 01865 764520 email pauline.hodson@btconnect.com
Thank you.
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