Bit of both actually, the military base was basically Bury Street in Abingdon, all the shops had been converted into barracks and the open square at the bottom was full of bars and stuff
It was my first mission and I went out with my unit and we went through a large town with very tall buildings. I think it might have been WW2 because someone kept shouting "fucking Gerry's!"
I don't know what happened to your avatar either. What was it?