Southwick House PORTSMOUTH Drone explore D-DAY Headquarters

Southwick House is a Grade II listed 19th-century manor house of the Southwick Estate in Hampshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Portsmouth. It is home to the Defence School of Policing and Guarding, and related military police capabilities.
The house became important during World War II. In 1940, the estate owners allowed the Royal Navy to use the house to accommodate overnight pupils of the Royal Navy School of Navigation, HMS Dryad, which was based in Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. In 1941, after heavy bombing of the dockyard, the house was requisitioned and became the new home of HMS Dryad.[2]
In 1943, with the planning for D-Day already underway, the house was chosen to be the location of the advance or forward command post (Sharpener Camp) of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. Because of this, HMS Dryad was moved out of the house onto further land requisitioned from the estate.
D-day preparation
D-Day map in map room, 2019, with markers for positions of forces at the 6 June 1944 landings
Drawing showing map room in operation, 1944
In 1944, in the months leading up to D-Day, the house became the headquarters of the main allied commanders, including Allied Supreme Commander General Eisenhower, Naval Commander-in-Chief Admiral Ramsay and Army Commander-in-Chief General Montgomery.
The large wall maps that were used on D-Day are still in place in the house in the main map room.
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[@MariTeabag-lf1ly]

I knew it as HMS Dryad and spent many happy hours in the Bandroom. HMS Dryad Volunteer Band. We often played for dinners in the Main House. The bandroom was in the low white buildings by the white tower. Bandmasters Charlie Miller, Adrian Muller etc. Happy days. Amazing to see all the surroundings.

[@Zero6BravoZ6B]

This brought some awesome memories back to me. 98, I was posted here. Pinsley house

[@happysunshinydays6349]

Matt, find some of those Google map locations where a building has been removed by Google and fly the drone over it, I'd love to see what's at some of these places.

[@CoatsandGaiters]

Your drone work is so⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and the music. It's mesmerising to watch. You have such a skill flying. After watching it's like coming out after a full body massage. Your so relaxed and then it ends and your back in the real world.

[@urbanundergroundexploring2197]

🔥 enjoyed the video 📹👌

[@margaretparker8781]

Liked the vlog from Margaret P England

[@Trish1]

Really enjoyed this - not just to see where Southwick House actually is but also the surrounding area and looking down across the Solent. Trying to make out the tall tower to the west?!! Brilliant drone and I love the music. Well done Matt 👌👍

[@gonzinigonz]

That's my neck of the woods, trying to see if i could make out our yard in North Boarhunt at the end, no chance! The Meon Valley railway line is worth a walk as well, you can park up for free in Wickham. Droxford station was used by Winston Churchill during preparations for the Normandy landings, they all met up on an armoured train. You can walk all the way along by all that. I used to walk up there all the time as used to live near by. Back in the 90's we ended up at a rave in the West Meon Hut railway tunnel, pretty mental. First section is 2 miles long, we walked a fair way up it in the pitch black. Its said there was cold war military plane parts left in the tunnel at one point. Not sure if you can get in there anymore as someone brought a section of the West Meon Hut end. You can walk right up to the other entrance to the tunnel though and look in. They used to grow mushrooms in there as well. There's another section of tunnel as well over the A272, just saying... ;) Great footage by the way :)

[@troymacausland8241]

Great footage wow looks amazing

[@stevesvids]

Great footage 👏 nice 👌

[@exploringmetaldetecting5989]

WOW IN JOY watch this love sound to

[@katlyons9444]

Hi Matt. Hope you are doing great.

[@oskarlk4494]

Hi Matt Du bist einfach Top ich habe fast alle deine Videos gesehen mach weiter so Beste Grüsse aus der Swiss!

[@TheSecretVault]

Vielen Dank. Ich bin froh, dass Sie diese auf Schweizer genießen und vielleicht komme ich eines Tages und erkunde Ihren Stadtbunker im Berg. Weißt du davon?

[@kernow..exp.]

Another great video mate

[@simonba9944]

Great footage Matt. Cheers 👍🏻

[@francesrees4334]

Really cool 😎 love your content

[@Betsy387]

Boomyou the lad at flying that bad boy

[@michaeltravelreviews190]

I did my phase 2 of Military police training here. Still looks the same.

[@GlitterBayBe]

The music is just 👌👌

[@robingraham4543]

Love it.

[@scottybee8]

Thanks Matt I enjoyed the drone footage Couldn’t you explore this place would be a big explore?

[@Joe-fe4xi]

It’s still a very much active MoD site

[@georgesmith8113]

👍👍😎

[@doctorcoleman5942]

The Secret Vault when you be returning to abandoned cinema Portsmouth to how Deep the Water is?

[@TheSecretVault]

Not much point - its a mess ;-)

[@doctorcoleman5942]

I know that I just Wondering how deep the water is at the moment

[@dcmexplores]

I honestly thought for a second you was doing an explore in there and I was thinking you're mad its active place :D great footage mate

[@TheSecretVault]

You can visit it on open days. I would like to go.

[@philipsimisker9742]

Aw and Frank's dead ...tune time

[@philipsimisker9742]

Irememberinventinthat

[@cultureofcritique9735]

Nice way to ruin a perfectly good manor house, building all that crap around it. Whose decision was that I wonder? Wreaks of Labour vindictiveness.