01-10-2011, 10:13 PM
Alan Forster:_
Welcome from a WW II dinosaur who spent 4-1/2 months in the Hants Area. The Coasties as we called them had beached some of their LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel) up on the beach at Dorchester.
We were allowed to go there for swimming prior to being put on the alert for D-Day and believe it or not one of the Coasties I accidently ran across lived about 6 houses down the street from me at home.
We camped were up closer to Winchester and Basingstoke areas.
Most of the Brits in that area were located if I remember correctly so we had the beach exclusively.