Hi all, can anyone help me with any information regarding Alderstead Heath during the war please? History, Photographs maps etc.. Currently staying there in the caravan and motorhome site.. I know about the Anson crashing there and there are loads of old concrete roads from the camp and a few rubble bases of buildings guessing privie, washrooms etc. Kind regards Lee
According to Geograph (Alderstead Heath, Surrey (C) Peter Trimming ), there was an RAOC AFV depot there, but I have never found any dates or other details ******* Alderstead Heath, Surrey Just a few yards from the Caravan Club site (and signposted as a dog walk). During WW2, the British Army (Royal Army Ordnance Corps)used Alderstead Heath as an "Armoured Fighting Vehicle" depot. 29th September 1944 saw a plane crash in an area bounded by this site and Dean Lane (about 400 yards to the south). [Anson NK607: Accident 29-Sep-1944 on the North Downs] ****** John
Thanks that's about all I could find there apart from the Canadians were also there around D-Day.. Cheers hoping that others have come across something at sometime.. Lee