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Holmewood Hall, Holme

History of Holmewood Hall

Holmewood was a centre for the organization of SOE activities, especially those that used Lysanders which were flown from Somersham and Horsey Toll airstrips.

See Mike Osborne, Defending Cambridgeshire p.169.

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