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Laindon Military Camp May 1944

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 25 May 2021 16:26

I have a photograph of my mother at the above camp the title is" Radar Camp Laindon 1944" i can't find any records re this camp wonder if anyone can help my mother was in the ATS 1939 t0 1944 ?

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 25 May 2021 16:27

also would be interested to hear from anyone who's parent was stationed at Bristol during the above years ?

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 25 May 2021 16:59

From a Google search it appears that the camp was actually at Langdon Hills just south of Laindon. The ATS was just one of the units that used the camp.

There is a little bit of information about it here:-

https://www.laindonhistory.org.uk/content/through-the-decades/the_war_years/ww_ii/langdon_hills_second_world_war_army_camp

Kath. x