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No. 12, 1939-1947



Reference
ALLEN/17
Date:
1939-07 - 1947-11
Level of description
item
Extent
1 volume
Part of
Gubby Allen Scrapbooks (ALLEN)
Scope and Content
Bound volume including newspaper cuttings, photographs, telegrams, scorecards, dinner menu cards. Subjects include Allen's war service including as an officer in the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), reports on matches Allen played in for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Sir Pelham Warner's XI, the Army, Eton Ramblers, Lord's XI, Marylebone Cricket Club and a combined Middlesex and Essex XI, articles on the death of Allen's father Walter who served in the Metropolitan Special Constabulary, copy of the report of the select committee appointed by the Marylebone Cricket Club to organise county cricket after the war, photographs of a trip to Germany to inspect German Flak installations, copy of Allen's release book from the Army, invitation from the American Embassy to present Allen with the Legion of Merit, Degree of Officer award, articles on Allen getting out in a match for South of England vs. R.A.A.F. for handling the ball.
Associations
Sir George Oswald Browning Allen
Sir Walter Macarthur Allen
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club
Royal Air Force
Subject
World War, 1939-1945
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English, French, German
Size
1 volume
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