The whole Marlborough area is pretty rich in terms of wartime history and activity. I live in the village of Chiseldon which lies between Swindon and Marlborough on the A346 - The main road onwards to Salisbury and on to the South coast. I remember my Father in Law telling me about Churchill tanks exercising on the Wiltshire downs around here. There was an American Hospital at Chiseldon and 3 miles away is Aldbourne where the US 101st Airborne were billetted. A few miles from there is Chilton Foliat which was a parachute training school prior to DDay.
Savernake Forest is still a magnet for souvenir hunters and all sorts of spent ordnance and bits of rusty kit turn up even now.
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Rob Abbott
Ford Jeep- 19set Hi Power - 1943
Willys Jeep- SAS armd ETO - 1944
WOT 2 - 15cwt
6 Pdr AT gun - 1942
M1 57mm AT gun - 1942
Airborne trailer No 1 Mk 1
Airborne trailer No 1 Mk 2
10 cwt GS Trailer
10 cwt Mortar trailer
Fordson N Tractor
RAF Type C Bomb trolley x 2
Philips Military Bicycle
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