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Battle Ground Interview

1965 , Stanford (Norfolk)

Cat no. 325

An interview between Hugh Sykes Davies and Major General Talbot about the use of the Norfolk Breckland as training terrain.

An interview between Hugh Sykes Davies and Major General Talbot, Commanding Officer of the 54th Division T.A., East Anglia. Talbot discusses the army training area at Stanford in the Norfolk Breckland. Major General Talbot holds up a map showing the extent of Breckland, the area used for training purposes during World War II and the comparatively small area that was used in the early 1960s. He explains the need for training on this type of terrain, indeed any terrain different from the army’s usual training areas on open moor land. He emphasises the difficulty of “giving up” any more land. Hugh Sykes Davies thinks that all of this is perfectly reasonable and asks the Major General about an area near East Wretton of interest to naturalists. This, explains the Major General, cannot be relinquished for safety reasons.

Keywords

Army; Territorials

Manifestations

Battle Ground Interview

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    23/10/2011
    Parts
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    0:02:45
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    23/10/2011
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    Unknown
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    DV digital
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    0:02:45
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    10/05/2011
    Parts
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    INV214969
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    Unknown
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    Y
    Modification Date
    12/08/2008
    Parts
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    Sound
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    INV303289
    Canonical Identifier
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    Unknown
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    Y
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    25/06/2021
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    560956
    Sound
    sound
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    INV188483
    Canonical Identifier
    A-589
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    560955
    Sound
    sound

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