Links with Canada

Headley hosted a series of Canadian Regiments throughout WW2 as they were stationed here in preparation for invasion in 1944.  There remain a number of artefacts around the village  (they had really good quality concrete!)  and a fair number of close family ties.

 

British Columbia Dragoons
Major-General E.W. Sansom inspecting the British Columbia Dragoons, Headley Down, England,
12 March 1942

 

Further reading....

 

British Columbia Dragoons
Major-General E.W. Sansom inspecting the Ram Mark I tanks of the British Columbia Dragoons, Headley Down, England, 12 March 1942.