Construction of Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The rear of this photograph states Brocton Camp, early 1915 and you can see by the vast amount of timber required for the building of the huts that a large number of carpenters were employed from far ...
Construction of Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Some of the many carpenters employed to build the vast Camps of Brocton and Rugeley. They used a grey insulation board to try and keep the huts warm but with there only being one stove per soldiers hut ...
Construction of huts, Army Training Camp, unknown location
This general image of carpenters on top of huts would have been a typical sight on all the temporary Camps erected in this country during World War 1. is not possible to verify the exact location of ...
Construction workers, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The workers came from far and wide to build the Camps and some were later conscripted and trained there when the volunteer numbers started to dry up in 1916. The military railway was now being used to ...
Cook's staff and Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
There was a Prisoner of War Camp at Brocton Camp from 1917 to 1919. Five of the twenty Battalion Lines were used to house the German prisoners. Each Battalion Line had its own Cookhouse and there was ...
Courtship, Milford, Brocton Camp
The postcard infers that the troops are fraternizing with the locals or maybe their loved ones came to visit and stay in rooms close to the Camp. It is known that many people let rooms out to visiting ...
Drama Performed by German prisoners of War at Brocton Camp
German Prisoners of War taking part in a theatrical production at Brocton Camp. The play, by a Norwegian author, deals with the impact of the collapse of a business empire in a small town on the Norwegian ...
Empress Theatre, Penkridge Bank, Cannock Chase
The Empress Theatre and Cinema was sited on Penkridge Bank. It was built to cater for the soldiers stationed at Rugeley Camp and Brocton Camp. The manager was Mr. Cook.
Firing practice, Great War Camps, Cannock Chase
Although this card is applicable to both Brocton and Rugeley Camps it includes rare images of recruits undertaking firing practice. It demonstrates the recruits in one of the firing positions that were ...
German Prisoners of War Band, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The German PoWs were kept busy with work but were also allowed time for relaxation and entertainment. The PoW Camp personnel provided numerous trades such as dentistry, tailoring, watch making, shoemakers, ...
German Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
As the stalemate of the trench warfare on the Western Front was starting to be broken, more German Prisoners of War were being captured and they needed to be housed. Brocton was chosen for a number of ...
Gladys Harvey, W.A.A.C., Brocton Camp
Pictured in her Women's Auxiliary Army Corps uniform is Gladys Harvey of Rugeley. She was enrolled on 13th September 1917 and discharged on 19th October 1919. She worked as a waitress at Brocton Camp ...
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Navy and Army Canteen Board Central Grocery Depot. The canteen grocery depot at Rugeley Camp, with civilian staff, many of whom were local people.
Grocery Depot, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Navy and Army Canteen Board Central Grocery Depot. The canteen grocery depot at Rugeley Camp, with civilian staff, many of whom were local people.
Hollywood Slade, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This is Hollywood Slade coming down from the top of the Camp near Brocton Coppice. On the right hand side are "F" and "G" Lines. Two flag poles can be seen, one of which was by the Regimental Institute ...
Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry card, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Many postcards were produced for the homesick to send home to loved ones and friends. Some cards were generic and all the sender needed to do was write in their location. This one is specific to the Kings ...
Lichfield Cathedral
A postcard view of Lichfield Cathedral published by Raphael Tuck of London, postmarked Penkridge Bank, 17 June 1915.
Sent by Cpl. J.H. Masden, who was based at the time at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. ...
M and N line huts along Old Acre Valley, Brocton Military Camp
This view of Brocton camp shows two types of accommodation hut, those for officers and those for enlisted men. The officers each had their own stove and the photograph shows the hut in the foreground ...