Hi Robin, i did try a Canadian veteran's organisation but no luck. It would be interesting to hear from any veterans who are still about who were in Bordon and the surrounding area as well as any Australians and New Zealand personnel. Its lost heritage as councils and so-called large heritage organisations like the national trust etc are not interested in the areas history only Roman.
We have people visiting the UK from Canada and elsewhere who go on to Normandy etc only to find theres nothing like a museum in the area to tell their grandfathers story, after all these veterans spent 3/4 of their military career training here. I was thinking of getting the Canadian government to invest in a museum in the area as recognition to the troops who trained lived and worked here, they would have more clout than the weasily county council we have who offer nothing.
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