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« on: Friday 26 May 06 17:25 BST (UK) »
Dear All,
Many thanks for all the replies. Doesn't look to be an easy search.
However, this has had me thinking and I'm getting a bit dubious about everything I've heard from family.
Jack Allen was supposed to be a Lt. Colonel in the Royal Fusiliers and was in the army of occupation in Berlin just after WWII.
However, he was born in 1923 which would make him 16 years old at the begining of the war and and 22 at the end! Seems a bit young, to my way of thinking, to attain the rank of LT. Col in RF!! I know war can be a time of rapid advancement but he must have done something pretty good to get on that quickly!
I checked in the on-line London Gazette thinking this potential hero would probably have some record of is exploits in there. Not a mention of a J. A. Allen.
All which goes to show that this may be a big family story and that's all - including the Olympic Games (again as we have seen no record!).
So, I don't know about you, but I'm beginning to think this is a bit of a wild goose chase - unless someone can prove me wrong................................
Thanks to you all,,
David