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Love this @Trexsplorer 👌

Wonderful evocative

So important that the legacy of the Tristanian people in the UK is being preserved. Great video.

Absolutely loved watching this video. As i have a strong interest in the Second world war as my grandad flew the Lancaster Bomber.

Thank you, nice to see it still will serve the community

I have just been looking on Google to pay the this a visit whilst in the area, the photos on Google maps show it as bricked up.

Nicely done. Respect to all in 311

Well constructed video with actual knowledge. Good work. My wife manned two in her time. Our theory being that as a serviceman, i was sent elsewhere, she would do something useful. Her last post was Bleadon Hill in Somerset. Most servicemen didn't know that the alerts and fallout warnings were driven by ROC data.

I had no idea this existed. Fascinating

You have a really interesting channel, I have subbed. So much history in the Forest. I've made a couple of vids including the arrow. When we first went to look for it we missed it twice. We eventually found it in the winter when the bracken had died back :) The video from 2012 seems much older! All the best, Rob

I remeber seeing posters when I served in the Navy asking for volunteers to take part in research at Porton down inthe 60,.Iwas never tempted by the money on offer .Especially after theSarin scandal. Another dark chapter is the discharge of radioactive material from Winfrith atomic energy research establishment and I believe tests connected to test contamination around the area.

We never really know what is happening , i can remember a news article about so called flue various be sprayed from boats along the Dorset coast 60s / 70s ? thanks for the interesting article.

A fascinating story. When I was a student apprentice with GEC in the early 1960s all the approved fixings were plated with cadmium. On a cold Essex morning the ex-service men who maintained the MoD reference high power radar systems would hang their legs over the side of the reflector using the radiation to warm themselves. Live high voltage transmitter tubes in the lab. just had a flimsy plastic fence around them, no warning signs or flashing lights. A colleague was killed by radiation leaking from waveguide that fried his liver. It was a different world back then so for an extra 10 bob & a few days off volunteers were plentiful.

what a great video, the times I have camped at Roundhill and wandered onto the airfield, now your video has brought all of that to life and a better understanding, thanks

Really informative videos.I have a specific interest in Holmsley as I've camped there as a kid to adulthood however there wasn't a lot of information available back in the eighties as there is now.

Thank you 💗

Great video. Subscribed. I was on the airfield today. Slightly eerie and thought provoking.

Yes definitely. These stories need to be heard.

went to visit them but got stopped on private land

Airfield dispersal areas know colloquially as Pans.

The brave Czechoslovaks made a lot of sacrifices. The 311 Sqn based at Beaulieu had the highest casualty rates of any Czech Sqn in WW2.

Yet again Marc, a wonderful tribute by you and Richard, am trying to post a picture here but can't find a way?

Absolutely yes, these stories are very important to tell. We should never forget the sacrifices they all made. 🤍

There is such a wealth of information on our doorstep and beaulieu airfield is a fine example,most of what you show I had little or no knowledge of,it would be amazing if one day someone would do a guided tour of this airfield as I’m sure there will be many takers and it would be great to keep the history of beaulieu airfield alive. I regularly visit the airfield but a lot of what you show eludes me,I’ve tried following coordinates of some that you post but my phone has no signal up at the airfield. Thanks again for the fantastic video and the great insight into the history that is on our doorstep

Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing the content you post on here so please continue to do so all history matters :)

Yes, most definitely. It is very important we should not forget the war and the sacrifices made for us. Thank you for your research and producing such interesting You Tube videos.

Yes, the stories you tell are very important and I'm glad you make them and I'm sure others agree with me. Thanks for making them.

Very important to keep these stories going Mark. I’d be happy and I’m guessing others too would be interested

These stories are vitally important as they chart the bravery of these people who put everything on the line even though they were so far from home,so much is unknown, if it wasn't for your channel telling us all ,we would more than likely never of known.

The story of the war can only be understood at a personal level. That’s where the lessons are, and that’s what makes it relevant and timeless.

Hey marc Yes you should put it on TH-cam more as live local plus it might be something we could show at scouts Kenton

Yes, more TH-cam please. I live nearby and want to soak up the local history of where I moved to 20 months ago. Cheers !!!

Yes, these are important parts of history, especially poignant that a young life was lost, thousands of miles from his home.

Yeah mate put those videos up on here . I’m not on twitter but am on Instagram but I’m guessing you don’t upload there ?

yes more stories

Yes, very definitely these stories would be interesting. I came across one a couple of months ago. Maybe your familiar with Dead Man's wood on Portsdown Hill. Its called so because the copse was planted to provide a beacon to Portsmouth Airport and later several memorial stones were placed there three remain but one has lost the metal plaque telling the story of Wilfred Hanbury Granville-Grey killed in action at Festubert 1915. We used to play wides games up there in the scouts but I never knew why it was called that back then. The internet is a big place you may find someone linked to the stories All the best!!

Before i even watch your video and i will in due course... YES please... No one should be forgotten from our past struggle.. We should all know there stories. I am local (Poole) and very interseted in our ww1 and ww2 history

All way's interested in local history of these airfields , thank you for telling these stories, please keep up the good work that you are doing.

These stories are important

Great video and interesting area! Cheers, Marc! 😀👍

Fantastic piece of film. Well done!

Great video 🎉

Splendid video Marc. I enjoyed watching that. Cheers.

That's another of your really brilliant videos. Congratulations Marc.

Thanks Marc that's really interesting. I knew about the mounds but not the range or the anti aircraft trenches. There were also anit aircraft guns on the heath weren't there? We lived in Solent Road and all the ceilings had been replaced with hardboard. The reason for this we were always told was the guns on the Heath caused the original ceilings to crack and come down. Not sure if this was true though.

Don't laugh... But for many years I thought that the hatched marks, seen from the air, were just schematics for the general area of defences. I didn't realise they were the actual positions. 🙄. P. S. No doubt you've seen the additional small square concrete blocks, between the ditches at Beaulieu airfield. I assume these were additional obstacles?

Amazing info as normal thanks