Dates: 1944 -
After the entry of the United States into the Second World War, Prime Minister Churchill and US President Roosevelt, decided that only an invasion of France would ensure the defeat of the Nazis in Europe. A provisional date of the summer of 1944 was decided and plans were made to build up the necessary forces in England. The largest supply depot in southern England was established on the Exeter Golf and Country Club, on the Topsham Road, south of the city and designated the code name JOWL-93. It would act as the main supply camp for Falmouth, Fowey, Plymouth and Dartmouth, all main embarkation ports for the allied fleet that would sail to Normandy.
Exeter had the necessary connections, especially by rail to other parts of Britain and on to the embarkation ports. The British Government acquired half of the Exeter Golf Course at Countess Wear, along with the same amount of adjoining farm land. In addition, open-storage facilities were acquired at the Hawkerland Valley and Winslade Park.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving Supply Depot
" We were going to wait for the end of the month to do this, but felt in the end that this might be too long to wait. Here’s our present updating list with our deepest apologies to the Silent Service for allowing a typo to slip through in the case of the Ton Class Minesweeper HMS ..."
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" Quoting: Jim Pritchard We were going to wait for the end of the month to do this, but felt in the end that this might be too long to wait. Here’s our present updating list with our deepest apologies to the Silent Service for allowing a typo to slip through in the case of the Ton Class ..."
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" A campaign group opposed to a proposed eco-town in Warwickshire has begun a legal challenge against the government. The Better Accessible Responsible Development (BARD) group is opposed to 6,000 new homes on the site of the former Number 1 Engineers Supply Depot, Long Marston. BARD has ..."
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" Malcolm Spurrell, 56, is facing a charge of corruption under little-used 100-year-old laws after allegedly using builders working on a new supply depot at Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth, to construct a new garden wall for his picturesque country home in Cornwall. The 56-year-old civil servant ..."
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" I was a Dog Handler in the RAVC a long time ago 1957-59. I did a short time at Melton Mowbray taking the Dog Handling course and was then posted to the No.3 Army Guard Dog Unit, Singapore. My job was to guard supply depots from 18.00-06.00, my shift was 3 hours and 3 hours off. With my dog Turpin ..."
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