Re. Stanford Battle Area Stanford Training Area - Wikipedia Has... "The area was originally established in 1942 when a battle training area was required and a 'Nazi village' established.[2] Military exercises were already known in the area; tanks had deployed to Thetford in the First World War. The complete takeover involved the evacuation of the villages of Buckenham Tofts, Langford, Stanford, Sturston, Tottington and West Tofts.[2] The area was used during the run-up to the D-Day invasion and since then has hosted many exercises. A regular visitor is 16 Air Assault Brigade who hold their annual Gryphon exercises there. It is also used by cadets to complete Fieldcraft exercises." The 24th L War Diary has: "28/11/42 The Regt took part in a 29 Armd Bde exercise on the Stanford Battle area" Other "Stanford Battle Area" mentioning threads i.e.: Search Results for Query: "Stanford Battle Area" | WW2Talk Google search: "Stanford Battle area" WW2 - Google Search Google image search: "Stanford Battle area" WW2 - Google Search
