A First World War Chalk Badge at Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire
A very special day on Wednesday 3rd October as along with our regular volunteers, we were joined by RAF personnel from the Air Support Operations Squadron. With their help we made light work of a huge pile of chalk, finishing off the last bits of outline and topping up the whole badge.
We were joined up on the Map of Australia with a film crew from BBC Inside Out South today, returning to film an update as our project nears completion. It was great having them with us, lots of interviews done with our volunteers. The episode is due for broadcast on Monday 12th November.
A passing pilot sent this in to us – the first view we had received since work began! As you can see, we had left two gaps at the top for wheelbarrowing chalk, we also had most of Tasmania to do and a little of the South coast….
After a very productive day on 8th September, more of the outline plus the letters U, T, R, L and I were dug and re-chalked. The badge is now much more recognisable and clearly visible from the A30 when passing by.
The Map of Australia 