Allen
Firstname
Donald Warren
Middle Name
Smith
Surname
Date of Birth
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Date of Death:
1931 - 39
Family
Son of Mrs O. K. Smith of Ipswich
Married to June Mary Pearce in 1949 and had 3 sons.
School Record
Acted in School Plays 1934 - 38. 2nd Rugby XV 1938 and in 15th Ipswich Scouts Group 1939. Obtained a B.Sc.Eng. from London University in 1943.
Branch of Service:
RAFVR
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Decorations:
Service Record
Lieutenant
Campaign Medals
Post War Career
He was commissioned into RAF in 1943 and served in the RAF Airfield Condtruction Unit. He was posted to Normandy in August 1944 and subsequently to Belgium, Germany and Singapore., gaining extensive experience in the reconstruction of war damaged airfields. He left the RAF in 1947.
Before his war service, he had joined the Suffolk County Council to construct roads to new Airfields. After the War, apart from a short spell with a firm of Consultants, his career was spent with County Council Highways departments. He worked for Surrey, the West Riding, Somerset and East Sussex, ending up as County Surveyor of Kent from 1972 - 84. He was President of the County Surveyors Society in 1978 - 79. He was awarded the OBE for services to Local Government in 1984.
Burial Information
Additional Information
Obituary in OIJ Issue 3 2012 at pages 34 and 35.
Born on 20th October 1922.
Died on 6th November 2010.
Other Pictures
A Runway after bombing!