The 16 digitised letters in this collection are selected from the period 1946-1947, when GH served overseas in Shaibah, and Habbania, Iraq.
GH was born on 5th November 1925 at 47 Brunswick Square, Hove and died on 4th August 1998 in Brighton. Apart from his war service, he spent his entire life in Brighton and Hove, serving an apprenticeship as a printer before the war and becoming a teacher after the war.
From 1943-47 he served as a wireless mechanic in Squadron 226 of the RAF and wrote letters back to his family: his parents, James Alfred Horrobin and Rosina May Horrobin (nee Clayton), and his sister, Rosemary Horrobin.
The letters from 1943-44 were sent from his training posts in the UK (Cardington, Bedforshire; Skegness, Lincolnshire; the Radio School in Holloway Road, London; Bolton Radio School, Lancashire and Cranwell Radio School, Lincolnshire).
From December 1944 to February 1946 he served as Leading Aircraftman in St Mawgan, Cornwall, where he met his future wife, Irene.
From 1946-1947 he served in Shaibah, and Habbania, Iraq. He was demobbed in 1947, when the letters cease.
For records relating to George Horrobin's uncle (?), Sidney Horrobin, see LIA 7.
Horrobin, George, (1925 -1998), Leading Aircraftman
16 scans of letters, 6 of which are transcribed
The original collection held in the care of GH's daughter, Tricia Leonard, consists of approximately 200 handwritten letters. The letters include about a dozen sketches and maps showing the inside of his billet and the camp. There is also an album containing approximately 100 photos of his fellow airmen, camp life, aeroplanes etc.
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