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Sid Hyde speaks about his experience of “Jungle Training” in Burnham Beeches during the Second World War and his subsequent posting to India. Burham Beeches is an ancient woodland which is often used for filming. Recent productions include “King Arthur” and “Robin Hood Prince of Thieves”

  Long nights in Burnham Beeches

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  Burnham Beeches is very similar today as it was in the 1940’s

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  Silence was the order of the day

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  Fake Snake

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  Bath Night

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  Chasing rats, and a bayonet stuck in plumbers piping

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  No More Pretend

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  The Strathnaver and arriving in India

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  Training was not like a posting

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  Jungle warfare was completely different

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