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Corporal Lesley Ivor Allen's pictures from the war

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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:46 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Brought in Grandad's photo album. His grandfather died when his father was 3 years old, so he had very little information. </p><p>He believes his grandfather signed up in 1939. He knew he was in the RAF 45 Squadron and was stationed at Yatesbury, where he was a ground radio operator. He was also stationed in Cairo and Jerusalem.</p><p>The photo album has all the images labelled, telling the story. There are some remarkable images.</p>

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Item list and details

(1) Corporal Allen in uniform (2) - (30) Corporal Allen's photo record showing some remarkable images from the Middle East area of operations. (1) and (2) show diary and typical entry from Corporal Allen (1) and (2) show an image with a description. (1) and (2) commemorative record and image of training area at Yatesbury.

Person the story/items relate to

Corporal Lesley Ivor Allen RAF

Person who shared the story/items

Dean Allen

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Grandson

Type of submission

Shared at West Meads Community Hall, West Sussex on 11 November 2023. The event was organised by Bognor Regis u3a.

Record ID

105191 | BOG005