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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