Budleigh Past and Present

Military historian Simon Fogg took senior staff from the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) at Lympstone on a tour of the old World War Two Dalditch Royal Marines Training Camp in October 2019  While Budleigh Salterton remained relatively quiet during the Second World War, only a few miles away was a hive of military activity. Exmouth resident Simon Fogg has made himself into an acknowledged expert on Woodbury Camp.   He has always had a love of military history and has been a dedicated rifle target shooter from a young age.  Simon with his first book   Wartime Dalditch Camp and Finds On Woodbury Common ,   published in 2016 It was through this activity that he developed a fascination for the Common as a site for discovering military artefacts. Simon’s second book, entitled Inside Dalditch Camp, A Wartime History Of The Royal Marines On Woodbury Common , was published last year and is, in his w...