7292: Eric Frank Haselden

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posted on 2024-01-12, 12:10 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

E. F. Haselden (born Dec 1898) joined the Artists Rifles in 1916. Eric came from a middle-class family and grew up in Ticehurst, Keny and Alexandria, Egypt. His father owned a company.

Eric stayed in the RAF after the war but left to run the family business in Egypt. He served in the Second World War as part of the Desert Rats (he was too old for the RAF).

History

Name of contributor(s)

Mark Haselden, grandson

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

Eric Frank Haselden

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

1916-1918

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

Not known

Object(s)

Various photographs and an invitation to a farewell dance. One of the photos features Hardit Singh Malik, a Sikh who served as an officer in the Royal Flying Corps. Another picture depicts a teapot that had been taken as a trophy from the local pub in Biggin Hill (photo taken by E. F. Haselden).