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 the 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Blog entry
  2. ^ "RAF website". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  3. ^ Babey, Georgina. p32. "Images of England: New Forest" Tempus Publishing, 2001.


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