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Stories in Sound: The Allen Identity: Mosley, MI6 and the Ulster MP

The Allen Identity: Mosley, MI6 and the Ulster MP

BBC Radio Ulster - Stories in Sound, The Allen Identity: Mosley, MI6 and the Ulster MP

The life of NI MP Bill Allen, former Mosley supporter, and thought to be an MI6 agent. 

The life of Ulster MP Bill Allen, one time backer of Oswald Mosley, who rubbed shoulders with Hitler, was a soldier in WW2, and assisted British military intelligence.


The remarkable life of Captain Bill Allen, a Unionist MP for west Belfast, who was at one time a key backer of Oswald Mosley. 
From a wealthy Northern Ireland family who made millions through their advertising company, he rubbed shoulders with the likes of the famed Mitford sisters and attended a wedding with Adolf Hitler. 
He served with the Household Cavalry in World War Two and went on to assist British military intelligence.
A prolific writer and traveller, he moved to county Waterford, where he entertained lavishly - among his many guests, the notorious cold war spy Kim Philby.
A man with a ringside view of history, we reveal new details of the life and times of Bill Allen.



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