Do any members have any information regarding wartime Military training which took place on Wheeldale Moor just north of Pickering N.Yorks..any info or links to sites which contain info would be most welcome....thanks in advance spotter
Hi Spotter No actual military sites for you but training in Yorkshire ? ...yes to that. Have a look at my small piece about Whitby on the BBC WW2 Archives BBC - WW2 People's War - Training To Be A Driver/Wireless Operator and visualise the large number of wireless trucks that seemed to be the only users of the roads in that part of wartime North Yorkshire. Eskdale, Glaisdale, Westerdale, Loftus and Robin Hood's bay they all got to know us and that's where we learned to drive. Hope you find your sites ! Cheers Ron
Hello Ron,what an interesting article ,thank you for the link ,im actually up there working at the moment and the roads are scarey enough now,so i can imagine what it was like for you tearing around there all those years ago.......thank you spotter
There seem to be a few web references to standing stones being used for target practice. Not training related but there's a dornier crash site that may be worth a shufti: Do217 Yorkshire crash site location - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum It's mentioned in a few other places too.
From back in 2007 ;-) so a bit of archaeological posting - re. Wheeldale.... Re. Wheeldale - incidentally I saw this... in the 24th L Wardiary... "23/11/43 Selected Officers of the Regiment attended a lecture on “Battle Intelligence” given by Lieut.Col.Ewart at HQ, 8 Corps. 2/Lts.F.B.Creamer, A.H.Wade and G.M.Elliott were attached to 165 OCTU, Dunbar. Selected Officers of the Regiment attended a demonstration of the use of 4.2” mortars at Wheeldale." 4.2" Mortar in British service late 1942
At the Roman Camps at Cawthorne North of Pickering, in the historic site there is evidence of a small crater alongside one of the paths. In the guide book it is stated that there is a crater on the site created by a mortar bomb. Also slightly further afield near Helmsley, my Uncle used to recall being at a training camp near Helmsley when he was in the Irish Guards.