EPW000066 ENGLAND (1920). Lydd Camp, Lydd, 1920

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Title [EPW000066] Lydd Camp, Lydd, 1920
Reference EPW000066
Date February-1920
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Place name LYDD
Parish LYDD
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 603800, 120200
Longitude / Latitude 0.90147210096479, 50.944612788657
National Grid Reference TR038202

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from Wikipedia (unsourced): Before the First World War Lydd became an important artillery practice camp. Experiments with high explosives carried out on the shingle wastes around 1888 led to the invention of the explosive Lyddite.

TomRobin
Friday 25th of July 2014 01:10:53 PM