Leonard Archibald Scott Bastin

Private Leonard Archibald Scott Bastin
08 Mar 1900 - 26 Dec 1968
Biography

Leonard would leave home during the war to go for unspecified Home Guard duties. It was only when his son joined the Royal Navy that he told him something about his wartime activities. He was issued with rubber boots which had stood out as being unusual. He had referred to an "elephant shelter", the name used for the corrugated iron structures similar to a Nissen hut, that the underground hideouts were often built from.

He was Fellow No.46 of the Worshipful Company of Farriers.

Postings
Unit or location Role Posted from until
Pimperne Patrol Patrol member 01 Jun 1940 03 Dec 1944
National ID
WKAC 185/1
Occupation

Farrier (Blacksmith)

Address
(1939) Braiside, 7 Alfred Street, then 2 Charlton Marshall, Blandford Forum, Dorset
Other information

A pair of binoculars used by Leonard were donated by his son to the British Resistance Museum at Parham in Suffolk and can be seen there.

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