Allum Green
| Allum Green | |
|---|---|
 Allum Green House | |
  Allum Green Allum Green shown within Hampshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU279071 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Lyndhurst |
| Postcode district | SO43 |
| Dialling code | 023 |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Hampshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
Allum Green is a hamlet southwest of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.
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.
References
- ↑ Blog entry
- ↑ RAF website
- ↑ Babey, Georgina. p32. "Images of England: New Forest" Tempus Publishing, 2001.
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