Eric Frank Haselden
Item
Title
Eric Frank Haselden
Who?
Eric Frank Haselden
Item(s)
Various photographs and an invitation to a farewell dance. One of the photos features Hardit Singh Malik, a Sikh who served as an officer in the Royal Flying Corps. Another picture depicts a teapot that had been taken as a trophy from the local pub in Biggin Hill (photo taken by E. F. Haselden).
Story
E. F. Haselden (born Dec 1898) joined the Artists Rifles in 1916. Eric came from a middle-class family and grew up in Ticehurst, Keny and Alexandria, Egypt. His father owned a company.
Eric stayed in the RAF after the war but left to run the family business in Egypt. He served in the Second World War as part of the Desert Rats (he was too old for the RAF).
Eric stayed in the RAF after the war but left to run the family business in Egypt. He served in the Second World War as part of the Desert Rats (he was too old for the RAF).
When?
1916-18
Where?
Not known
Contributor
Mark Haselden, grandson
This item was submitted on May 20, 2019