Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 22nd June 2024

Time: 10 a.m. for tour, 12.30-1 p.m. for talk

Venue: Crownhill Fort, Crownhill Fort Rd, Plymouth PL6 5BX

Description: There will be a guided tour of the fort, which was a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in Crownhill as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth. The talk following the tour will discuss the Jewish Legion, formed in August 1917. Most of these troops were sent for training and preparation for fighting in the Middle East to Crownhill Fort.

How to book: Alan Cousins, 3 Fore Street, St Germans Cornwall PL12 5NR

Price: £5

Tel: 01503 230106

Email: a.cousins345@btinternet.com

Website: www.ha-plymouth.org.uk

Organiser: Alan H. Cousins

Lecturer: Landmark Trust guide for the tour; Stephen Luscombe will give the talk

Comments: The tour will take about 2 - 2.5 hours, and those interested can stay for the talk which will be from c12.30 - 1.p.m.

Region: South-West England

Branch: Plymouth