Exercise Tiger 1942 Links... Exercise Tiger (1942) - Wikipedia With... "The 1942 Exercise Tiger was the code name for an Army-level military exercise held by British Commonwealth forces in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. In April 1941, when Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery became commander of South-Eastern Command in the United Kingdom, he conducted the largest military exercise to date in the United Kingdom, Exercise Tiger, in May 1942, a combined forces operation involving 100,000 troops. Troops participating in Tiger noted that it was particularly gruelling for the infantry involved, who marched over 100 miles during the course of the exercises." Books Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day - By Timothy Harrison Place - Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944 The Lonely Leader: Monty 1944-45 (Pan Military Classic Series) By Alistair Horne, David Montgomery: The Lonely Leader The Soldiers' General: Bert Hoffmeister at War - By Douglas E. Delaney - The Soldiers' General Kent at War 1939 to 1945 - By Mark Khan - Kent at War 1939 to 1945 Exercise "Tiger" - 1942 - Pictures IWM pictures - 30th May 1942 H20263- etc. Including... SOUTH EASTERN COMMAND EXERCISE H20263 - DESCRIPTION - Object description Original wartime caption: A Valentine tank makes a fine picture, with a background of fleecy white clouds, as it rumbles through the Kentish countryside. SOUTH EASTERN COMMAND EXERCISE H 20264 - DESCRIPTION - Object description - Original wartime caption: A Valentine tank passing through a Kentish village. THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45 H 20265 - DESCRIPTION - Object description - Valentine tank of 11th Armoured Division, marked with crosses to indicate an 'enemy' vehicle, followed by a universal carrier, during exercises in Kent, 30 May 1942. SOUTH EASTERN COMMAND EXERCISE H 20266 - DESCRIPTION - Object description - Original wartime caption: An anti-tank gun guards a Kentish village street, while in the background a Valentine tank stands ready for action. SOUTH EASTERN COMMAND EXERCISE H 20267 - Valentine tank concealed in a Kentish wood. FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN KG GCB DSO 1887-1976 H 20268 - DESCRIPTION - Object description - The Second World War 1939 - 1945: Promoted to GOC-in-C South Eastern Army on 19 November 1941, General Montgomery is seated in a jeep during his Army exercises. SOUTH EASTERN COMMAND EXERCISE H 20269 - DESCRIPTION - Object description - Original wartime caption: Four BESA guns fitted on an A.A. tank of the Canadian Army Tank Regt. PHOTOGRAPHER'S NOTE "THIS IS SECRET" SOUTH EASTERN COMMAND EXERCISE H 20270 - DESCRIPTION - Object description - Original wartime caption: Churchill tanks at the corner of a wood. & Unit Identity! 6 April 1942, South Downs Has... Exercise Tiger, SE Command, took place in May 1942... https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/t...yhistory/dhh/reports/cmhq-reports/cmhq073.pdf Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (Various "Tiger" mentions) - War Diaries 1942
Several hundred pages of correspondence are also available on Héritage starting here and continuing on the next reel.
Referenced as "Operation Tiger" 1942 here - Tiger (iv) | Operations & Codenames of WWII ----- x ---- x ----- South Eastern Command Exercise "TIGER", 19-30 May 42. South Eastern Command Exercise "TIGER", 19-30 May 42. - Canada.ca
IWM series - SOUTH EASTERN COMMAND EXERCISE Lieutenant Tanner - Find an object | Imperial War Museums Captain Tanner - Find an object | Imperial War Museums Captain AR Tanner - War Office Official Photographer.
