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  • Sergeant Francis John Allen 1315775
  • Flying Officer Geoffrey Maddock 163893
  • Pilot Officer (Pilot) Stephen John Troake 156007
  • Home Guard
  • World War 2 Searchlight Camp in East Worlington

WWII: Military

Page for VE Exhibition military stories.

Flying Officer Geoffrey Maddock 163893

Born in Lancashire in 1923 the son of Revd William Humberstone Maddock and Marie Maddock. Revd Maddock was Rector of West Worlington from 1942—1960.

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Home Guard

The Thelbridge and Worlington Home guard are shown below in a platoon photograph.

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Pilot Officer (Pilot) Stephen John Troake 156007

Son of Walter and Frances Lily Troake of East Worlington, Stephen was born in 1917.

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Sergeant Francis John Allen 1315775

Born 1924 the son of John Thomas and Fanny E Allen of Worlington. His father was gamekeeper at Affeton Castle. 

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World War 2 Searchlight Camp in East Worlington

During World War 2 a searchlight camp was located in East Worlington in a field to the east of Little Witheridge, now known as Camp Field. There were reportedly four huts, but all the evidence of buildings and equipment has long gone.

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