Hi Sally, welcome!
All I can tell you is the photo was taken in 1945.
Cheers, Ade.
Hi Sally, welcome!
All I can tell you is the photo was taken in 1945.
Cheers, Ade.
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Hi Sally,
The photo has been captioned in the past as being one of a series taken at the No.1 Mechanical Transport Training Centre (MTTC) in Camberley, Surrey in March 1945. Other than that I can't help any more I'm afraid, but it might give you a start on your quest.
Another possible location on Portsmouth Road, Camberley is described here:
"At this point Camberley became the official ATS Motor Companies’ Training Centre. Two large houses were also requisitioned on the Portsmouth road, 'Beaufront' (a former girls' school) was used as headquarters, and 'Mulroy' became a barracks. The centre opened on 12 February 1940. During the following two years it was expanded with more and more houses (11 in total) being acquired along the Portsmouth Road. Additional quarters and lecture rooms, including 43 Nissen huts were erected, and part of Blackdown Camp was taken over for the construction of a training centre hospital and a large NAAFI".
Regards, Ned.
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We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
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Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
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Thanks Ned, that is really helpful, and has given me some good leads. Much appreciated.
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