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3.
Rocoption Area
Capacity
Final dostination
To Distribution
notifiod by
Control at
Aldershot
60,000
M.C. Aldorshot
Redhill
Tidworth
30,000
)
Warminster
15,000
Dorchoster
15,000
im
M.C. Salisbury
Salisbury
Blandford
30,000
Devon
30,000
)
Swindon
5,000
)
Oxford
10,000
Totbury
5,000
Special M.C. at
Reading
Cheltonham
5,000
Reading
S.Wales
30,000
)
Northern Command
40,000
Western Command
50,000 } )
)
Special M.C. at
(except S.Wales)
Banbury
Banbury
9. Empty stock
Empty stock movement will be controlled by Southern Railway.
The principal stabling areas would be Ashford for East Kent and Three Bridges
for Sussox (see para.4 above). Trains will be made up to carry 500 personnel.
Corridor stock is dosirable but may not be available.
10. Medical
Modical reception stations will be organised under instructions
issued by the War Office at each point of disombarkation. A fow motor
ambulancos should be available at each point, in addition to a reserve
pool, for clearing lying cases to hospital. Walking wounded will be made
as comfortable as possible in the trains.
11. Feeding arrangoments
Trains will be stopped 15 minutes at one or other of the
following stations where hot ton and a train ration will be issuod to the
troops under War Offico arrangomonts. A modical officer and staff will be
in attendance at each station to doal with casualties who cannot go on.
For trains from East Kont points -
Headcorn, Paddock Wood or Faversham
For trains from Sussex points -
Horley or Chichester
without refreshment warning. stations but they must be organised to cater for trains arriving
It is hoped that up to one hour's warning may be given to these
Swindon Junction, Loicester, Birmingham.
Further refreshment halts may be necessary at Salisbury,
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