Prisoner of War Camp, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
These are Royal Defence Corps Guards for the PoW Camp and have differing cap badges. The Corps was comprised of men unfit for front-line duties due to age or infirmity and they were used to defend bridges, ...
Prisoner of War postcard, Peak Dale, Stockport
A photograph of the reverse of a postcard sent by a German Prisoner of War named Ebermann who was based at a Working Camp at Peak Dale, near Stockport. Brocton Camp was the Parent Camp for a number of ...
Prisoners of War, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The former Regimental Institutes of "A" and "B" Lines were used for entertainment of various kinds by the Prisoners of War, including theatre, as they were the larger of the huts and suitable for this ...
Railway to Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The "Tackeroo" railway was originally sent up Brindley Heath Road which was found to be too steep and therefore had to be diverted left up Brindley Valley which had less of a gradient. It entered what ...
Range Corner, Penkridge Bank, 1917
Range Corner at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase during World War 1.
Oil on board painting by Jake Whitehouse painted in 1985 from a photograph taken in 1917.
Regimental Institute, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Standing Camp Plans for the period show that the Regimental Institutes were some of the largest buildings on the Battalion Lines. The officers had their own recreational huts as did the sergeants ...
Rifle training
During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase - Brocton Camp, which was located near to Anson's Bank, and Rugeley Camp which extended along Penkridge Bank. The two camps were separated ...
Rugeley and Rugeley Camp views
A colour-tinted view of five views of Rugeley and Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. Published by William Shaw of Burslem, postmarked 12 June 1919.
Rugeley Camp and Rugeley views
A postcard with two views of Rugeley Camp and three of Rugeley town. Published by T.H. Pemberton, Leigh Street, Burslem and postmarked Rugeley Camp, 11 November 1917.
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Judging by the assembly of some of the huts going on in this image it was taken early on in the development of the Camp. The military railway can be seen crossing the road, left to right going down Brindley ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Scattered in front of these huts are loads of building materials so it must be in the early part of the construction of the Camp. The military railway runs from left to right down Brindley Valley from ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A general view of Rugeley Camp, but it is difficult to identify the viewpoint. On the hillside there are two sets of three smaller huts which are the the Latrines and Urinals, with two Ablutions Huts ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A very difficult location to identify and this could be anywhere surrounding Rugeley Camp. However, in the distance there appears to be possibly a coniferous forest plantation which could be that which ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A panoramic view of the sides Battalion Lines 17 to 19 with No.18's Regimental Institute being the large building centre right. An early conifer plantation on the right shows that there were trees on ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This picture could have been taken at any of the Parade Grounds on Rugeley Camp as the vast majority of the twenty Battalion Lines were laid out identically due to the flat terrain. In the foreground ...
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 ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
In the bottom right hand corner is part of Penkridge Bank Road and the Battalion Line ahead is No. 16. The perimeter path can be seen behind the small hut which may have been a shelter for the person ...
Rugeley camp, Cannock Chase
It is difficult to locate where this photograph was taken, but the layout of the tracks is similar to those between Rifle Ranges "A" and "B". They are only about fifty yards apart down Cherrytree Slade. ...