Lionel Benjamin Wren

Private Lionel Benjamin Wren
29 Jun 1888 - 20 Mar 1948
Lionel Benjamin Wren in Keepers uniform 1940
Lionel Benjamin Wren in Keepers uniform 1940
Biography

On 18 Dec 1912 he married Sarah Clark and they had a daughter, born in 1921.

Around 1940, Lionel Wren featured in an article in The Field magazine, along with a number of the other Keepers. They appear in their official uniform and the article was entitled New Methods in the New Forest. The exact date of this article is unknown, so we would be grateful if you know when it was published. At the time of his death in 1948, he had been a Keeper for 12 years.

Postings
Unit or location Role Posted from until
Lyndhurst Patrol Patrol member 11 Jun 1940 22 Jan 1943
National ID
EEMJ 138/1
Occupation

Head forest keeper

Address
Park Ground Cottage, Clay Hill, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
Other information

He was posted to 9th Battalion Home Guard (Forest) 22 January 1943.

Other pictures
Lionel Wren in in jacket and hat of a New Forest keeper with Thomas Cutler to his left
Lionel Wren, left with fellow Keeper Thomas Cutler, 1940. From a series of photos taken for an article in The Field.
Group of nine New Forest Keepers in a line, some holding shotguns, with four beagles. Lionel Wren to the far right of picture.
New Forest Keepers 1940, Lionel Wren at right. From a series of photos taken for an article in The Field
Lionel Wren
Lionel Wren memorial
References

WO 199/3391 

1939 Register 

Chris Bright 

New Milton Advertiser 25 Dec 1948 

London Gazette 9 Jun 1936