A selection of galleries from a range of photographers on one theme: the successful Overlord 2011 Military Spectacular held for the first time at the Lawns, Denmead.

Select from the tabs in the title bar or from the links below. If you have pictures of the event you wish to see featured on this blog please contact the webwright by clicking this link

Pictures from SOE members are listed below, the list will grow as I manage to wrest images from them. There are also links to external sites with some fine pictures from our visitors and from our exhibitors, we hope to improve facilities for photographers for 2012 so make sure you come along to OVERLORD 2012 with plenty of batteries and memory cards or film!

The webwright’s Post War Vehicles

Ron Bossingham’s View

External Sites:

Rambo’s report on the Historic Military Vehicles Forum

Kev Shaw at UK Airshow Review

Colin Lacey (SOE member) on Facebook

Mark Rutley’s portraiture set on flickr

514th Q.M. Trucking Regt. (Red Ball Express)

Paul Morgan’s pictures at HMVF

Barry James Wilson on flickr

C and A images (pictures for sale)

We hope to see you at Overlord 2013 but, even with our new, exclusive living history field our growing popularity means that, spaces will be limited so apply in plenty of time to ensure we can fit you in.

The last day for applications is Wednesday May 1st

With an idea of numbers we can make sure that our on site facilities – toilets, showers, security, catering and emergency cover are fully sufficient for your needs.

The show is open to the public from Saturday 25th May (Preview day) to Monday the 27th, please let us know if you wish to arrive earlier or pack up later.

Enter your email address to download Living History Application Form

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Please read the Show Code of Conduct that comes with your application

Tips for a Safe Show

First – if you have any questions or requests ask one of the marshalls; they are the harassed looking people wandering around site in hi-viz vests. Your query can either be answered there and then or they can radio through to the right person to help

No one wants an accident marring their enjoyment or worse, nor do they want to be the cause of an accident. We don’t like complicating things or making a whole host of rules and restrictions; fortunately safety is mostly a matter of plain common sense.

Because there are a lot of vehicles, generators and gas appliances the risk of fire is high, simple precautions will help reduce that risk:

Keep cans of fuel stored upright well away from naked flame or hot metal

Switch off generators or vehicle engines before refuelling. Allow gennies to cool down before putting petrol in
Secure propane cylinders upright to a post or similar and in a well ventilated area at least 2m from the appliance they are connected to

Do not leave appliances unattended when in use

If you discover a fire only attempt to put it out if there is no risk to you otherwise alert the on-site fire service or one of the marshalls. It is now part of our code of conduct that vehicles and tents contain a fire extinguisher suitable to task

The ONLY type of extinguisher to use on oil and fat fires is the wet chemical type the others are either ineffective or, in the case of a water extinguisher will cause the fire to explode. USE ONLY THE WET CHEMICAL EXTINGUISHER ON OIL OR FAT FIRES or use a fire blanket