The Tenth Battalion Trail.
room 17 ECHOES
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There is about twenty-five minutes of audio in this Sound Walk, all of which are excerpts from the book the "The Tenth Battalion Trail". The Trail is focusses on a number of places related to the Tenth Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, during the nine months it spent in High Leicestershire from December 1943 to September 1944. During that time, The Tenth was billeted in the villages of Somerby, Thorpe Satchville and Burrough on the Hill.
If you enjoy listening to the stories in the Walk, we would encourage you to buy a copy, as it will give you much more information around each of the locations in the Walk. It also has a detailed history of the Tenth written by Prosper Keating. For more information, please follow this link https://friendsofthetenth.co.uk/product/the-tenth-battalion-trail-guidebook
How you choose to follow this Sound Walk is entirely up to you. There's a Strava walking route here: www.strava.com/routes/3447517172964478806, a Strava cycling route here: www.strava.com/routes/3450797452392584768 and a Google Maps driving route here: maps.app.goo.gl/C8yNyEuRXvDQioxD9.
Along the way there are pubs and cafes where you can stop off for drinks, snacks or full meals. There are also useful shops as well as places where you can spend a night.
To hear the whole script for each location (AKA 'echo'), you will need to stay inside the echo until the audio has finished as the walk is set to only play the audio when you are actually located in the echo. If you leave the echo, the audio will stop. But if you go back into it, it will carry on from where it left off, or re-start if it had already finished.
Alternatively, if you like, you can just virtually visit all the locations from the comfort of your sofa by visiting www.vtsw.uk/vt/ttbt.
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The Echoes
Stand One, The Tenth Battalion Memorial & Garden
Created by the renowned sculptor Graeme Mitcheson M.R.B.S., the Memorial was unveiled on September 7…
Stand Two, Burrough Court Estate
When The Tenth arrived in the area on December tenth 1943, Headquarters Company took over the Burrou…
Stand Three, The Vines, Thorpe Satchville
B Company and part of Support Company, including the Medium Machine Gun Platoon to which Freddie Dea…
Stand Four, The Stag & Hounds, Burrough On The Hill
The Stag & Hounds in Burrough on the Hill was reserved for The Tenth's commissioned ranks, which was…
Stand Five, The Grove & Grove Stables, Somerby
The Grove was occupied by Mrs Rowena Drage, a noted racehorse breeder and trainer. Mrs Drage built t…
Stand Six, The Pinfold, Somerby
The Pinfold was the Tenth Battalion Sergeants' Mess, reserved for Sergeants, Staff or Colour Sergean…
Stand Seven, The Land Army Girls' Hostel
Just to the east of the Pinfold, along the High Street, is a British Telecom sub-station. This is wh…
Stand Eight, Somerby Memorial Hall
The Somerby Memorial Hall was built on the site of the Somerby Memorial Institute, which was demolis…
Stand Nine, The Stilton Cheese, Somerby
Somerby High Street was a major destination for the men and boys of The Tenth because of the two pub…
Stand Ten, Somerby Village Green & Somerby Hall
Somerby Hall, demolished some years after the Second World War to make room for a new village green …
Stand Eleven, All Saints' Church, Somerby
All Saints' Church was The Tenth's official place of worship. All denominations were welcome at Batt…
Stand Twelve, Somerby House
Somerby House was another of the local properties requisitioned for the Army when the war broke out,…
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