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23rd July and the 6th August 1972 the 1st Battalion Duke of
Edinburgh's Royal Regiment were selected to train in the French
Army Training Area of La Courtine in France. The area in situated
about half way between Bordeaux and Lyon on the northern edge of
Massif Centrale. The training area was at a height of 2,400 feet.
Puy
de Dome, Clermont Ferrand
The last time a British Battalion trained on
this area was in 1949. The Battalion training was split into three
phrases, FIELD FIRING, DRY TRAINING and ADVENTURE TRAINING. The
field firing areas were sufficient to allow the rifle companies to
work up from section firing to the full scale company attacks
using support weapons. For Adventure training the companies were
flown by helicopter to the local beauty spot Mont Dore.
The following photographs, many unidentified
are placed here in conjunction with the Regiment Museum at
Salisbury. These are just a few of many photographs discovered at
the museum which are now being processed through the system. The
remainder of the photographs will in the passage of time appear on
the Regimental Museum Website. If any soldier who served at the
time can identify any of the unidentified photographs below,
please let us know and we will pass it on to the museum.
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