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View north along Davy Grove
At Clements Gate. Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
This road is named after Serjeant Gordon (Lennox) Davy, who served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment and died on 6 March 1940, aged 35, while the battalion was fighting a rearguard action on the La Bassee Canal near Bethune, France, in defence of the army withdrawal to Dunkirk. He is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial and buried at the Hinges Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Nov 2019
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New family homes in Davy Grove
At Clements Gate. Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
This road is named after Serjeant Gordon (Lennox) Davy, who served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment and died on 6 March 1940, aged 35. He is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial and buried at the Hinges Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Nov 2019
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New family home in Davy Grove
As seen from Mitchell Gardens at Clements Gate. Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
This road is named after Serjeant Gordon (Lennox) Davy, who served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment and died on 6 March 1940, aged 35, while the battalion was fighting a rearguard action on the La Bassee Canal near Bethune, France, in defence of the army withdrawal to Dunkirk. He is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial and buried at the Hinges Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Nov 2019
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New housing in Hardley Road
Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors. The development spreads out over former cropfields adjacent (in the north) to the Old Mill medical practice > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599211. The first houses were ready for occupation in October 2018. Due to the very high water table the foundations for the houses required piling.
The two high masts peeking over the roofs are situated at Stoke Holy Cross >https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/RAF-Stoke-Holy-Cross-Chain-Home-radar-station.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 9 Nov 2019
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View north on Davy Grove
At Clements Gate. Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
This road is named after Serjeant Gordon (Lennox) Davy, who served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment and died on 6 March 1940, aged 35, while the battalion was fighting a rearguard action on the La Bassee Canal near Bethune, France, in defence of the army withdrawal to Dunkirk. He is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial and buried at the Hinges Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Nov 2019
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New houses in Davy Grove
At Clements Gate. Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
This road is named after Serjeant Gordon (Lennox) Davy, who served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment and died on 6 March 1940, aged 35, while the battalion was fighting a rearguard action on the La Bassee Canal near Bethune, France, in defence of the army withdrawal to Dunkirk. He is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial and buried at the Hinges Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Nov 2019
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New homes in Revel Burroughs Way
Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
The road is named after Warrant Officer Herbert William Revel-Burroughs DCM, who served in the Royal Artillery, 215 Battalion, 70 Light AA Regiment. He died on 20 January 1943, aged 36, as a result of a training accident when an officer dropped a gand grenade, with fatal results and is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial.
The high mast seen in the background is one of two situated at Stoke Holy Cross >https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/RAF-Stoke-Holy-Cross-Chain-Home-radar-station.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 9 Nov 2019
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New housing in Revel Burroughs Way
Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
The road is named after Warrant Officer Herbert William Revel-Burroughs DCM, who served in the Royal Artillery, 215 Battalion, 70 Light AA Regiment. He died on 20 January 1943, aged 36, as a result of a training accident when an officer dropped a gand grenade, with fatal results and is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 9 Nov 2019
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New family homes on Davy Grove
At Clements Gate. Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
This road is named after Serjeant Gordon (Lennox) Davy, who served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment and died on 6 March 1940, aged 35, while the battalion was fighting a rearguard action on the La Bassee Canal near Bethune, France, in defence of the army withdrawal to Dunkirk. He is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial and buried at the Hinges Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Nov 2019
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View east towards Davy Grove from Mitchell Gardens
At Clements Gate. Clements Gate > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5599230 is a new housing development by David Wilson Homes, described as an exclusive range of three, four and five-bedroom homes with unique architectural details and distinctive exteriors.
This location was named after Lieutenant Charles Mitchell, who served with the 6th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment and died of wounds in Malaya on 26 January 1942, aged 21. Born in Poringland and the son of Lewis and Elizabeth Mitchell of Howe, he is commemorated on the Poringland war memorial.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Nov 2019
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