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Brandon
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"The history of Brandon on a web site. Features
include details of residents during the late 1800s who are indexed by the road they lived in and many pictures, both
historical and present day."
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| Welcome
to BRANDON |
"Your guide to products,
services and events in Brandon and the surrounding area."
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| Brandon.Suffolk.co.uk |
"This
website has been designed and built for the town of
Brandon, Suffolk, England.
It's purpose is to help promote the Town and the
surrounding area's by offering information about the the
town, it's people, and it's environment."
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| Brandon
Communities Partnership |
"The vision of the Brandon Community partnership is of a
"Brandon for all". A town that we can be proud to live in and be part of that community."
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"Brandon Station
today is very different from how it looked to travellers departing or
arriving even forty or fifty years ago. It was in the 1980s that a
decision was made to reduce the station staff to a single signalman at
this historic 1845 building. This staff decision has continued right
up to the present day, with additionally a reduction of the number of
trains stopping at the station ..."
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| Other local history sites |
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SOHAM ROOTS |
"Soham is a small market Town situated between Ely and Newmarket, in
the County of Cambridgeshire. Soham has a long and varied history and through Soham Roots we hope that you may learn
a little about this. We hope also to be of some assistance to anyone who may be searching for those ancestors that
once lived in our Town."
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Local Second World War links
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| THE DESERT RATS - 7TH
ARMOURED DIVISION |
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"The
7th Armoured Division was stationed in Thetford
Forest between January and May 1944 while they
prepared for the invasion of Normandy. This
was the only time the Division was in the United
Kingdom in it's entire existence ... " |
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"The
following chapters are taken from a diary and letters of
a young man in his late teens and early twenties. When
writing down his thoughts he didn't think them to be
spectacular, but from the time he went to fight for his
country his life changed and it will take longer than his
lifetime for the memories to fade."
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| FEPOW
COMMUNITY |
The FEPOW Community site is dedicated
to promoting awareness of the treatment of Far East Prisoners Of War,
who were captives of the Japanese. This site run by Ron Taylor,
Great Yarmouth, and features 'The
FEPOW Group' to exchange information and ideas for books to
read and web sites to visit. A very good site to visit to start
one's research.
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RECRUITED SECRETLY and
not even enrolled as soldiers to further protect their anonymity
in case of German invasion. The Auxiliary Units
formed by Colin Gubbins were to have been Britain's last ditch
line of defence, operating in a network of cells from hidden
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| Global Second World War links |
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"A site dedicated to the Burma Star Association and the men and women
who fought and served in the Burma Campaign against the Japanese during 1941-1945. Gives history of the campaign and the regiments involved, and to re-unite former comrades from that
time.
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A LANCASHIRE CHINDIT
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"This site is to celebrate the life of Sgt. William Clift. M.M.
Bill fought
alongside Brigadier 'Mad Mike' Calvert as one of Major General
Wingate's famous Chindits during World War ll. He was awarded the Military Medal for his part in the battle for Henu (Pagoda) Hill.
He sadly died aged 62 on January 18th 1982."
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