Address | Aveley, South Ockendon RM15 4XJ, UK |
County | Essex |
Location type | Troop Camp |
Access | Public Access |
Site Ownership and Access Information | Today the site is a public park (Belhus Woods Country Park). |
Contact details | See Belhus Woods Country Park website for park opening hours. |
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Troops camped in Marshalling Area S were part of follow up force ‘L’ which landed on the British beaches in Normandy in the days after D-Day. Among the units camped in these camps in the county of Essex before D-Day were the 51st (Highland) Division, who began landing in Normandy on D+1 (7 June 1944). Units in Marshalling Area S embarked through ports in the Thames Estuary, such as Tilbury.