Monty,s Hide Out (Underbeeches) Traditional Geocache
Monty,s Hide Out (Underbeeches)
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Defence of the realm (Monty’s hide out)
General Montgomery (Monty) was stationed in Reigate at 'Underbeeches' in Underhill Park Road. He was the commander of the South Eastern Army, defending England from invasion and planning future battles such as the Dieppe Raid.and commanding the D-Day Landings at the end of WW2 in Europe.
A secret bunker was mined inside the chalk quarry behind the Yew Tree pub for 24-hour radio transmitting, with teleprinters, offices and cipher rooms. It contained 3,000 feet of tunnels and was designed to be gas-and shell-proof. Iron doors meant the whole premises could be sealed off while ventilation shafts, one of which can still be seen, meant fresh air could circulate.
The tunnels were dug by Welsh miners:
The entrances were dynamited in the late 1960s onwards and are currently sealed.
The property called Underbeeches, which is next to the quarry, was commandeered during the war for Montgomery’s accommodation.
If you look in the shrubbery to the south of the cache there are slit trenches these were lined with corrugated iron sheeting until the 1970’s when this was remove to build compost bins in a nearby property.
Parking is at the far end of Underhill Park Road N.51.15.038 W.000.12.600 then it is a short walk back to cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
haqre fgbar onfr bs vil pbirerq unjgubea