Author Topic: Fire at red Garage Bovington camp c1941  (Read 1568 times)

Offline Ann E

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Fire at red Garage Bovington camp c1941
« on: Saturday 03 September 11 12:04 BST (UK) »
I am trying to helping a neighbour who home was burnt to the ground about January 1941 , it was a  wooden bungalow at red Garage Bovington camp their name was PITMAN, they lost everything, my neighbour was a young girl at the time & would like to know more about it, Can any one offer any suggestions. 
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Lacey, IOW, Lacey, Shearstone  SOM, Higgins, Tagg, Sammons, Jackson, Reeves Cowley, Wale OXFORD. Robert Collinson

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Re: Fire at red Garage Bovington camp c1941
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 18 September 11 17:35 BST (UK) »
ABELL-Hfds & Glouc. AWFORD-Glouc, Hfds & Worcs. DANTER-Glouc,Hfds & Worcs. DAUNTER-Hfds, Glouc & Worcs. BAYLISS-Worcs & Glouc. BILLINGHAM-Hfds. JENKINS-Glam, & Hfds. PIPER-Suffolk, Glam & Hfds. CULLUM-Hfds, Suffolk & Mom.
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Re: Fire at red Garage Bovington camp c1941
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 18 September 11 22:46 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much Bilge.
 I had found that newspaper article I printed it & gave it to my neighbour who was very pleased as she hadn’t seen it.
I still haven’t found any thing about the fire.
Thank you ,
Ann
Lacey, IOW, Lacey, Shearstone  SOM, Higgins, Tagg, Sammons, Jackson, Reeves Cowley, Wale OXFORD. Robert Collinson