Allum Green
Allum Green is a hamlet southwest of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.
Allum Green | |
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![]() Allum Green House | |
![]() ![]() Allum Green Location within Hampshire | |
OS grid reference | SU279071 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Lyndhurst |
Postcode district | SO43 |
Dialling code | 023 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
During the night of 5/6 September 1940 it was the scene of a Luftwaffe bombing raid, which resulted in the deaths of four British Army soldiers of the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) and 14 men were injured.[1]
The precise location of bomb strike was on Allum Green House itself,[2] which still exists and is a private home. The site is commemorated by a memorial bench erected in 1980 by comrades of the deceased.
Those killed were:
- Warrant Officer Class 2 H S Tyler
- Staff Sergeant S H Avon,
- Staff Sergeant E W E Gifford
- Sergeant A W Blunn.
It was mentioned in R. C. Sherriff's Journey's End, as Raleigh lived there. Vera Brittain bought Allum Green Cottage in May 1939.[3]
Further reading
Further details can be found at Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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References
- Blog entry
- "RAF website". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- Babey, Georgina. p32. "Images of England: New Forest" Tempus Publishing, 2001.
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