Re. Stanford Battle Area Stanford Training Area - Wikipedia Has... "The area was originally established in 1942 when a battle training area was required and a 'Nazi village' established.[2] Military exercises were already known in the area; tanks had deployed to Thetford in the First World War. The complete takeover involved the evacuation of the villages of Buckenham Tofts, Langford, Stanford, Sturston, Tottington and West Tofts.[2] The area was used during the run-up to the D-Day invasion and since then has hosted many exercises. A regular visitor is 16 Air Assault Brigade who hold their annual Gryphon exercises there. It is also used by cadets to complete Fieldcraft exercises." The 24th L War Diary has: "28/11/42 The Regt took part in a 29 Armd Bde exercise on the Stanford Battle area" Other "Stanford Battle Area" mentioning threads i.e.: Search Results for Query: "Stanford Battle Area" | WW2Talk Google search: "Stanford Battle area" WW2 - Google Search Google image search: "Stanford Battle area" WW2 - Google Search
24th L - War Diary 8/5/43 The Regiment took part in 29 Armd Bde, Exercise “ Minnow”. The IWM series of photographs that match the exercises "Black Bull" and "Minnow" start here... SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR VISITS TROOPS e.g. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR VISITS TROOPS TAURUS...