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 or by post at;
-, Orchard House
+, Finchale Abbey Village
-New Elvet
+Brasside
 DURHAM
 County Durham
-DH1 3DB
+DH1 5FY
 or by telephone on 07732 014312.

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 DH1 3DB
-or by telephone on 0191 3869894.
+or by telephone on 07732 014312.
 While a large part of the population could be reasonably expected to use E-Mail [mailto:70brigade@newmp.org.uk click here] in order to communicate their comments or information to me, I was under no illusions that this would apply to everybody.

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	Those readers interested in the detail of particular units that were part of, or associated with, the Brigade should click on the link below - "List of Units" - which will take them to a page which sets out each of those military formations. Clicking on the name of a unit will then lead to a page which incorporates; information about the men who served in that unit (a further click will bring up a brief service record for any specific man), the relevant War Diary for the unit (in date order), and a brief history. Readers will appreciate that this represents a very large body of text and will be compiled over the next few years.		Those readers interested in the detail of particular units that were part of, or associated with, the Brigade should click on the link below - "List of Units" - which will take them to a page which sets out each of those military formations. Clicking on the name of a unit will then lead to a page which incorporates; information about the men who served in that unit (a further click will bring up a brief service record for any specific man), the relevant War Diary for the unit (in date order), and a brief history. Readers will appreciate that this represents a very large body of text and will be compiled over the next few years.
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		+	For background on the strcuture and organisation of the Infantry Battalions - please see Gary Kennedy's Website at www.bayonetstrength.uk This has clear information which will assist understanding on how elements of the Battalion related to each other.

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 '''THE LOCATIONS IN WHICH THE BRIGADE SERVED.'''
-During its five years of existence, the Brigade and its constituent Units served in many different locations
+During its five years of existence, the Brigade and its constituent Units served in many different locations.
 An attempt was made to document those locations as far as possible during the various research visits made around the UK, to France (both in Northern France and Normandy) and to Iceland.
-The areas visited on those trips are set out below, and a page has been created for each location where photographs were able to be taken, and to which those photographs have been uploaded.  In addition, where a Wikipedia entry for the place itself is available, that has also been included on the relevant page, together with other information about the place and its history where that has been able to be researched.  More information will hopefully be added over time and local communities are encouraged to get in touch to suggest suitable Websites or research sources which might be added.  If the location was not able to be visited, a hyperlink has been made to the relevant Wikipedia page, where it exists, when the location is mentioned within any of the War Diaries.  Hopefully this will add to the understanding and appreciation of the locations themselves.
+The areas visited on those trips are set out below, and a separate Page has been created for each location where photographs were able to be taken, and to which those photographs have been uploaded.  The individual "place" Pages are referenced from the relevant War Diary, so that they correspond in sequence to the movement of the Brigade and its Units.  In addition, where a Wikipedia descriptive entry for the place itself is available, that has also been included on the relevant Page, together with other information about the place and its history where that has been able to be researched.
 [[Locations within the United Kingdom.]]

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 An attempt was made to document those locations as far as possible during the various research visits made around the UK, to France (both in Northern France and Normandy) and to Iceland.
-The areas visited are set out below, and a page has been created for each location within that area, to which the photographs taken have been uploaded.  In addition, where a Wikipedia entry for the place itself is available, that has been included on the relevant page.
+The areas visited on those trips are set out below, and a page has been created for each location where photographs were able to be taken, and to which those photographs have been uploaded.  In addition, where a Wikipedia entry for the place itself is available, that has also been included on the relevant page, together with other information about the place and its history where that has been able to be researched.  More information will hopefully be added over time and local communities are encouraged to get in touch to suggest suitable Websites or research sources which might be added.  If the location was not able to be visited, a hyperlink has been made to the relevant Wikipedia page, where it exists, when the location is mentioned within any of the War Diaries.  Hopefully this will add to the understanding and appreciation of the locations themselves.
 [[Locations within the United Kingdom.]]

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 Why bother at all?
-Firstly, such a history had not  been written in any depth of detail, other than in Kevin Baverstock’s notable book “Breaking the Panzers” describing the Rauray operations in June and July 1944, a remarkably detailed and graphic piece of work also triggered, I suspect, by a key family link to the units concerned.
+Firstly, such a history had not  been written in any depth of detail, other than in Kevin Baverstock’s notable book “Breaking the Panzers” describing the [[Rauray]] operations in June and July 1944, a remarkably detailed and graphic piece of work also triggered, I suspect, by a key family link to the units concerned.
 Secondly, existing Regimental Histories, with the exception of Whitehead’s “Harder than Hammers”, tend to concentrate on the first-line Battalions.  I thought it important to recognise the contribution of the second-line Battalions and also to reflect on the lengthy periods during which units were not in action, or even at the front line, and see if this threw up any matters of social or military interest.  The recognised histories make only brief reference to posting locations and training activities between early 1942 and the Brigade’s landing in Normandy in June 1944 as part of a follow-up Division.  That period of two and a half years was half the Brigade’s existence and deserves at least some description, particularly as the way in which the Brigade was intended to be used changed quite significantly over that period.  There are echoes of the classic film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Ahead “The Way Ahead”] in some of the changes imposed on the Brigade.

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 [[Locations in Iceland.]]
-[[Locations in Normnandy.]]
+[[Locations in Normandy.]]
 To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - [mailto:70brigade@newmp.org.uk click here].

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	[[Normandy 1944]] <br>		[[Normandy 1944]] <br>
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		+	'''THE LOCATIONS IN WHICH THE BRIGADE SERVED.'''
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		+	During its five years of existence, the Brigade and its constituent Units served in many different locations
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		+	An attempt was made to document those locations as far as possible during the various research visits made around the UK, to France (both in Northern France and Normandy) and to Iceland.
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		+	The areas visited are set out below, and a page has been created for each location within that area, to which the photographs taken have been uploaded. In addition, where a Wikipedia entry for the place itself is available, that has been included on the relevant page.
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		+	{Locations within the United Kingdom.}
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		+	{Locations in Northern France.]
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		+	[Locations in Iceland.]
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		+	[Locations in Normnandy.]



	To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - [mailto:70brigade@newmp.org.uk click here].		To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - [mailto:70brigade@newmp.org.uk click here].

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 [[Read the latest on Anniversaries, events, and what is happening to the Website.]]
-'''MORE INFORMATION'''
+'''MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THE WEBSITE WAS STRUCTURED AND RESEARCHED'''
 [[Collecting Information|How did I set about collecting the information to support the research?]] <br>
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 [[Photographs needing identification - can you help?]] <br>
 [[Home Service 1939 - 1940]] <br>