The Great Wars - Seaton Devon
WEBDuring World War II Seaton, along with other towns in East and South Devon, also played host to large numbers of American troops, ahead of Operation Overlord and the D-Day invasion of Normandy....
Exercise Tiger - Wikipedia
WEBAmerican troops landing on Slapton Sands in England during rehearsals for the invasion of Normandy. Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, was one of a series of large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which took …
BBC News - The D-Day rehearsal that cost 800 lives
WEBMay 30, 2014 · Early on 28 April 1944, eight tank landing ships, full of US servicemen and military equipment, converged in Lyme Bay, off the coast of Devon, making their way towards Slapton Sands for the...
Mysterious history of Devon's wartime holiday camps
WEBNov 17, 2019 · In a fascinating insight, an uneasy truce was established at Seaton only once the camp had divided itself - the pro-Fascists lived on one side of the swimming pool and on the other side it...
The disastrous Devon D-Day practice which left 749 men dead
WEBApr 28, 2020 · On this day 76 years ago, almost 800 men were killed in Devon during a Second World War training exercise that went horribly wrong. Troops training for the D-Day landings at Slapton Sands in...
Blue Waters & Warners Holiday Camps, Seaton, Devon - Blogger
WEBMar 11, 2017 · Warners in Seaton was opened in 1935 and continued under that name until it was taken over by Haven Holidays in the 1980's. Apart from the war years during WW2, the camp site remained in use until its closure and subsequent demolition in 2009.
WW2 Coastal Defences, Seaton, Devon - Blogger
WEBApr 20, 2017 · WW2 Coastal Defences, Seaton, Devon. All coastal towns during the second world war had defences put in place in the event of an invasion. As well as the Coastal Battery at Axmouth Harbour, which was at the start of an inland line of defensive emplacements called the Taunton Stop Line, other defence remains can be seen in Seaton along the seafront.
WW2 People's War - Seaton Beach - BBC
WEBSeaton Beach. My dad's aunt had invited my mother and I to go down for a short break. Mother took me to the beach and we were enjoying it when she saw some aeroplanes coming in over the bay. She...
WW2 People's War - A Lucky Escape. - BBC
WEBOn August 12th 1942, a bomb fell on 16, Highwell Road, Seaton, Devon, killing John and May Eeles, two evacuees living with them,Stella and June Moore, and Elizabeth Woolacott who was visiting.
Past Remains in South-West Britain: Blue Plaques, Seaton, Devon …
WEBMar 6, 2017 · Blue Plaques, Seaton, Devon. A joint celebration of the 1000th anniversary of seaton in 2005, along with the centenary year of Rotary International, gave rise to the idea by Rotarian member Douglas Smith of providing blue plaques for …