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Title: Military Regiments Based at Ravenscar, North Yorkshire.
Post by: cj1992 on Friday 05 April 24 22:47 BST (UK)

I have read that some military regiments were billeted at the Raven Hall Hotel at Ravenscar in North Yorkshire and that it may have been used as a training establishment during WW2. But I have also found what appears to be some WW1 era graffiti carved into some of the walls in the grounds.

Can anyone shed any light on this please?

Title: Re: Military Regiments Based at Ravenscar, North Yorkshire.
Post by: ShaunJ on Friday 05 April 24 23:07 BST (UK)

Newspaper ads for the hotel appeared throughout WW1.

In WW2, there were no ads between 2 July 1940 and its reopening in March 1945.

Title: Re: Military Regiments Based at Ravenscar, North Yorkshire.
Post by: cj1992 on Friday 05 April 24 23:21 BST (UK)

Thank you Shaun.

That might suggest that there was no military presence during WW1 and that the military were just there for a period during WW2.

Kind regards

CJ