lists 131 civilian internees at Sutton Veny, engaged in work for the Royal Engineers. Second World War From 1943, Sutton Veny House was an army headquarters, and units of the United States Army were barracked in the area in preparation for the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. A camp with brick huts was built to the west of the village, on both sides of the Longbridge Deverill road, just over the parish boundary. A 1958 map shows unlabelled groupings of small buildings. On modern maps the north side has reverted to farmland, but on the south most of the internal roads and some of the small buildings remain, and the area is a light industrial estate. Today Waterloo Lines at Warminster, about northwest of Sutton Verney, is an army headquarters and training site. Governance The civil parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions. The village is represented in parliament by Andrew Murrison and in Wiltshire Council by Fleur de Rhé-Philipe, both Conservatives. Amenities Sutton Veny and the small settlements around it are served by Sutton Veny C of E Primary School. The school was built in 1872, to a design by J. L. Pearson, and catered for all ages until 1931, when children over eleven were transferred to Warminster. The village hall is next to the school. The village has a pub, the Woolpack. The home ground of the Heytesbury and Sutton Veny Cricket Club is in Sutton Veny. Notable residents Sir Francis Lacey (1859–1946), cricketer and MCC secretary, first person to be knighted for services to any sport, lived at Sutton Veny House from 1922 until his death in 1946. Brigadier-General Reginald Hobbs (1878–1953), retired to Sutton Veny William Nicholson, the prominent artist, lived at the Old Manor House in the 1920s. George Elder Davie (1912–2007), Scottish philosopher, died at his daughter's house at Sutton Veny George Sassoon (1936–2006), scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author; inherited Heytesbury House, lived at Sutton Veny in later years References Further reading External links Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire