Allum Green

DistrictShire countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townLyndhurstPostcode districtSO43Dialling code023PoliceHampshire and Isle of WightFireHampshire and Isle of WightAmbulanceSouth Central UK Parliament 50°51′43″N 1°36′18″W / 50.8619°N 1.6049°W / 50.8619; -1.6049

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

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

References