Near Rugeley camp, Cannock Chase
Rugeley Camp was also known as Penkridge Bank Camp but it was rarely referedto as Hednesford Camp so the view must be from the Hednesford end of the Chase.
Colour-tinted postcards of the Great War ...
Sherbrook Valley, near Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This photograph was probably taken close to the head of Sherbrook Valley, before Gospel Place. There is a healthy
flow in the Sherbrook. No huts appear on the skyline but just around the corner to the ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Judging but the configuration of the huts this could show the rear of No. 4 Battalion Lines taken from the side of the Ordnance Depot. It is a good example of the slope of the land and the differing height ...
Church Parade, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Church Parades were an important part of life within the Camps. Every Sunday or on special occasions there would have been services. Most denominations were catered for by the provision of meeting rooms ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
It is difficult to identify the precise location of this photograph. Brocton Camp would have the letter of the Battalion Line above the door together with the hut number which made it easier to identify ...
Officers' Club, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This Concert Room would be in the Officers' Mess which was between the two Officers Quarters Huts detailed in the 1916 map of Rugeley Camp. Each of the 20 Battalion Lines were almost identical in layout ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A general view of huts at Rugeley Camp, but almost impossible to identify the exact location. The general accommodation huts were kept off the ground by concrete pads. These can still be located in certain ...
View from Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A general view from the perimeter of Rugeley Camp. This appears be Sherbrook Valley descending away from the Camp. The far side of the valley is now covered in Forestry Commission plantations.
Christmas decorations, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase.
A great deal of effort has gone into decorating this hut for Christmas and New Year celebrations A note on the reverse of this postcard states it is believed that this was the hut where the East Lancashire ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The far (Rugeley) end of Penkridge Bank Road with Rugeley Camp in the distance. The vast majority of the postcards would show this side of the Camp as there was a panoramic view of its grand scale. The ...
Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley
Penkridge Bank Road with Chaseley Road heading off to the right. This photograph, taken in the early 1980s, replicates a postcard from the Great War where soldiers are walking down the middle of the ...
Birch Walk, near Colwich, Cannock Chase
Postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford. Postmarked 18 November 1915.
Cannock Chase, near Colwich
A colour-tinted postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Greengate, Stafford. The exact location of this view is not known.
Cannock Chase
A 'Teesee' series postcard published by Praill's, Couriers Office, Cannock and Hednesford. postmarked 9 September 1933. The exact location of this view is not known.
Cannock Chase, near Little Haywood
A colour-tinted postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem. Dated 1910.
Cannock Chase, near Little Haywood
A colour-tinted postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem. Postmarked 3 July 1909.
Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase
A 'Printcraft' series postcard.
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This postcard view shows the military railway coming down Penkridge Bank Road from the White House where it splits to go round Rifle Range Corner to the left of the photograph. The Parade Ground ahead ...