Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This photograph has been taken from the Parade Ground of either "P" or "Q" Battalion Lines. Judging by the angle it could be "P" otherwise the YMCA Hut would be in view. In the distance to the right ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
These are "O" Battalion Lines with the 30,000 gallon Water Tower behind, the Officers' lighter coloured huts to the front, and the open-sided long hut on the right was built as a horse shelter but may ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Behind the original old farmhouse centre left of the photograph are the Officers' Huts of "F" Battalion Lines. In front of the original track is the newly constructed military road (now called Chase Road) ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
8th Training Reserve Battalion at the top of Chase Road in "J" Lines before it descends down into Brocton village. Behind the four standard accommodation huts is the Regimental Institute and the building ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This is probably one of the most recognisable postcards of Brocton Camp and shows so many facets of what went on there. In the foreground the troops are digging trenches, an important training experience ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The Officers' Huts of "R" and "S" Lines are positioned aside each other off Camp Road close to Bednall Belt, in the distance is the junction of Chase Road. The three people in the foreground appear in ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The steam roller coming up the track between "M" and "N" Lines could possibly mean it is in the early phase of Camp construction or just regular maintenance.
On the opposite side of the Old Acre Valley ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
These young recruits have occupied Hut 27 on Battalion Line "L" which may have been occupied previously by some of the veterans of the Battle of the Somme or have named it in their honour. They were not ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
In the only flat area in Old Acre Valley an assault course was built, with what appears to be a running track. In the foreground is one of the barbed wire entanglements to train the troops in the construction ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The eastern slope of Old Acre Valley with the 30,000 gallon Water Tower to the right. The long roof line in the centre of the image at the back is the Ordnance Store. The layout of Brocton's main stores ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
"K", "L" and "M" Lines on the eastern slope of Old Acre Valley. There are a number of tents erected so it may have been early on in the development of Brocton Camp. Most of these postcards tended to have ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
"M", "N" and "O" lines at Brocton Camp in winter. The snow highlights fencing between the troops' huts and the Officers' huts which is not easy to see at other times of the year. Most postcards sent ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
"N" and "O" Lines on the eastern slope of Old Acre Valley. The long roof line in the centre of the image at the back is the Ordnance Store. The layout of Brocton's main stores and ancillary buildings ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The eastern slopes of Old Acre Valley. This grainy image shows the tall chimneys of the Power Station and the long roof line of the Ordnance Depot on the horizon. Most photographs show electricity poles ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Officer's Huts are on the left foreground showing individual stove chimneys coming out of each compartmentalized room. Some suspended hay sacks are visible on the right slope for bayonet practice.
The ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The soldiers pushing their bikes are just passing the Post Office on their left. It took a while for it to be set up and until then they would have had to join the long queue in Milford Post Office to ...
Brocton Hall Gof Club
Brocton Hall was built in 1760, George Chetwynd undertook extensive remodelling in 1801. The Hall and land was acquired by Cannock Chase Golf Club in 1922 who had lost their club house on Cannock Chase ...
Brocton Hall Golf Club
On 7th October 1939 a fire broke out at Brocton Hall causing the complete destruction of the top floor. The fire was caused by the flame from a blow-lamp which ignited the flat asphalt wood roof. The ...