Village Timeline item 19: 1939 - 45

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Title

Village Timeline item 19: 1939 - 45

Description

Timeline item 19: 1939-1945 - The Ordnance Depot opens in 1940 to support the Second World War effort. By 1942, over 2,000 military personnel and 1,700 civilians are based here. In 1943, a POW camp is established for Italian and German prisoners, some of whom work for local farmers.

Creator

Old Dalby

Publisher

Old Dalby Village Archive

Date

1939-45

Contributor

Tony Postle

Rights

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Old Dalby Digital Archive

Format

Aerial photo

Type

Still image

Identifier

TPostleT-20201101-19