I posted documents from The National Archives, London which is correspondence among Flight Lieutenant R. M. Walker of the British War Office, Major B. Melland of M.I.14, and J.L. KLeyn, Captain, I.O. These cover enemy pigeon organisations and a report on how pigeons were used. (c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, UK. While I have been reading the Columba files, I have been seeing J.L. Kleyn's name. What does anyone know about him? The post is at http://worldwar2militaryintelligence.blogspot.com/
A couple of mentions of him in the London Gazette: .https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35509/supplement/1500/data.pdf .https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35800/supplement/5147/data.pdf Pioneer Corps to Intelligence Corps was a path often followed by those who may initially have been classed as "enemy aliens" but who later were accepted into service in British forces. Not saying this is definitely the case here, but it's worth keeping in mind. from Ancestry: death NAME: John Leonard Kleyn BIRTH DATE: 24 Jul 1893 DATE OF REGISTRATION: Dec 1970 AGE AT DEATH: 77 REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Poole INFERRED COUNTY: Dorset VOLUME: 7c PAGE: 310 burial Name: John Leonard Kleyn Birth Date: 1893 Burial Date: 9 Oct 1970 Burial Place: Tarrant-Rushton, Tarrant-Rushton, Dorset, England Burial Age: 77 poss marriage 1: Name: Johannes L Kleyn Spouse Surname: Nora K Briance Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1921 Registration district: Romford Inferred County: Essex Volume Number: 4a Page Number: 937 Name: Nora K Kleyn Birth Date: abt 1898 Date of Registration: Jun 1923 Age at Death: 25 Registration district: Romford Inferred County: Essex Volume: 4a Page: 427 marriage 2: Name: Johanmes L Kleyn Spouse Surname: Diana M Harding-Newman Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1944 Registration district: Chelsea Inferred County: London Volume Number: 1a Page Number: 687 [hr] .http://www.amazon.com/Richard-England-D-M-Kleyn/dp/1483914437
Was ther any aspect of German society that Himmler did not poke his beak into? He had already regulated the basic notions of how people acted, thought, had sex. what kind of cultural values were acceptable. So I suppose pidgeons were just another aspect. Good to be the king, Heinrich.
A friend alerted me to the discussion about Johannes Leonardus Kleyn (known as John Kleyn in the UK in Ww2). He was married to my mother Phyllis Margaret Kleyn nee Whicker in 1937. They signed up as British soldiers in 1940 and then were apart during the war for two years. During this time he met Diana, separated from my mother and married her in 1944. My mother did not remarry so I was born as Jane Kleyn and was layer adopted by another family. Phyllis Kleyn was a spy during WW2, and In the latter part of Ww2 John Kleyn became a MI5 agent - after his role as the British army’s pigeon expert. I applied for his army record and found some wonderful letters written about his work during WW2. All this is detailed in a book called Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs by Jane Eales available through Amazon.
