Building Bailey Bridges

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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:51 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

Harold Elliott worked in the steel industry in Birmingham. During WW2 he was responsible for building Bailey Bridges used during the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944. In 1946 he was part of a delegation which visited Cologne to assess which pieces of German machinery should be claimed by the UK as 'war reparations'.

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A Map of Germany in 1943 given to Harold Elliott during his visit in 1946.

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W. Harold. S. Elliott

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Jenny Burns

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Shared at Ahmadiyyah Mosque Hall, Warwickshire on 7 October 2023. The event was organised by Leamington History Group.

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95454 | LEA026

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Their Finest Hour World War Two Britain British Employment Europe European Factories Factory German Germany Industrial Industry Invasion UK United Kingdom Work Workers

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