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Originally Posted by david moore
A bit off-subject I know but in the background to the photo we are discussing you can see Marlborough GWR station (where my father liaised with Sgt Oscar Fulk to direct ammunition trains to the huge Savernake Forest US Army ammuntion depot just two miles south of Postern Hill). Also arriving at that station after D-Day were ambulance trains with US wounded headed for the 347th MASH hospital in Marlborough. Attached is a picture of one such ambulance train. ....
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I had a look on line for Savernake Forest. Quite an amazing long history for one patch of woods. The map guy just couldn't resist reading how the modern-day searches were conducted.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/re...glish-heritage