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Site known as The Wilderness, and said to be 'General Montgomery's underground headquarters' [period uncertain].
(Source: Book 1977)
Gary Marshall of Countryside Matters Ltd. provides information that the Woodland Trust who manage the area of this site are currently clearing undergrowth and have located this headquarters. More information is to be provided to DoBDA. [Tel: 01825-723508]. [see letter to Paul Bonsall - 9.10.00].
(Source: Oral Account 2000/05/17)
This site now known [12.12.00] to have been the underground battle headquarters of 12 Corps, built between May-September 1941 by 172 Tunnelling Company RE and civilian contractors. Cassini ref. 017567 is main headquarters of 12 Corps (battle headquarters separate).
(Source: Document 1941)


      

        Type of site
        ARMY BATTLE HEADQUARTERS
      

      

        Location
        Broadwater Down / Hargate Forest, SSW outskirts of Tunbridge Wells.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 574 374
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Unknown

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Bennett, D. H. (Kent Defence Research Group)
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0009601

      

      

        Reference
        
             1977 A Handbook of Kent's Defences

             1999/10 Tales of Old Tunbridge Wells

              The Day That Never Dawned

             1941 War Diary: 172 Tunnelling Company RE

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1941/05 1941/09

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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