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stating which one(s) you would like to see.This page documents where the Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Army Ordnance Corps of 7th Armoured Division were located in the UK prior to embarking for the Normandy Landings
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Didlington Hall, Norfolk |
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No. 58 Company
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Hunstanton, Norfolk
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No. 67 Company
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Letton Hall, Shipdham, Norfolk
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No. 133 Company |
Cheveley, Cambridgeshire [6] |
Cheveley [6] |
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| Felpham, nr Bognor Regis and Lymington, plus The Solent [5] [6] |
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Felpham, nr Bognor Regis [5] [6] | Felpham nr Bognor Regis [5] [6] | |
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No. 507 Company
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Guildhall, East Dereham, Norfolk [3]
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Didlington Hall, Norfolk |
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| Divisional Ordnance Field Park |
High Ash Camp, Norfolk [4]
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| 22nd Armoured Brigade Ordnance Field Park |
High Ash Camp, Norfolk
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| 131st Brigade Ordnance Field Park |
Hunstanton, Norfolk
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Notes:
[1] Bing Maps is the new name of Microsoft Local Live. When using the system remove the Welcome box by clicking on the < to the left of the map. You can reposition the map by dragging it and change to an aerial view or hybrid and zoom in and out using the tools in the "2D 3 D box". To go to the clearest view place your mouse of the icon and select Zoom To: Street. For Aerial views click on Aerial and then select Aerial or Birds Eye, depending upon the location of the site. To view from different angles use the Birds Eye function and the options on the vertical part of tool bar to rotate the picture. It is recommended that the 3D option is not used with these locations. Under the Road menu an Ordnance Survey Map option is available which may contain which may also be of interest.
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[3] This is old Guildhall off of Church Street, East Dereham.
[4] This location has not been confirmed, but is based on information relating to the types of units at this site.
[5] An article on the BBC People's War Website (Clacton to Bognor to Lymington and the Solent D. Day. January to June 1944) mentions that in January 1944, 133 Coy RASC moved from Clacton-on-Sea, to Bognor Regis and then a pre Normandy marshalling area Lymington near the Solent area preparing vehicles for the Normandy landings and practising landing on beaches. Upon return from N Africa it was originally stationed in Clacton, Essex, before moving to Cheveley and eventually Felpham. The location for the Company HQ in Clacton is somewhere near 12 Oxford Road Clacton on Sea, Essex CO15 3TB. In the Company's War Dairies Felpham just outside Bognor Regis is mention so the Company was most likely billeted in the town. . There were many temporary camps in and around Lymington, Brockenhurst and Hambledon areas.
[6] The exact location in this location is not know, so it is assumed the unit was billeted in houses in the town