10th Leicestershire Regiment, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
According to their records, the Leicestershire 10th Reserve Battalion were sent to Rugeley Camp in November 1915. the 'past and p[resent' part of the caption is probably explained by the fact that some ...
1st Training Battalion Institute, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Standing Camp Plans for the period shows the Regimental Institutes were some of the largest buildings on the Battalion Lines. The officers had their own recreational huts as did the sergeants, so ...
Armistice Day 1918, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A German Prisoner of War is hoisting the Union Jack on the YMCA Hut ,which is probably one of the two along Penkridge Bank Road. A large number of the PoWs were sent out to do work in the area to undertake ...
Army chaplain, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Rev. John Reay, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He conducted ANZAC services at the Army Training Camps on Cannock Chase and was Vicar of Hednesford in 1919 having previously been Curate at St Barnabas ...
Army Service Corps card, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A souvenir postcard specific to the Army Service Corps, published by J. Salmon Ltd.
The message on the reverse, from Leslie Walker to his parents in New Lenton, Nottingham, reads: "The train got back ...
Army Service Corps Field Bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The Sergeant looks rather strict as he supervises the Army Service Corps Field Bakery Ovens which are on the left of the photograph; the individual chimneys of the ovens are out of shot. All the bread ...
Army Service Corps Field Bakery, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The Army Service Corps were instrumental in keeping the Army supplied with all its needs during the War. Here troops are being trained to bake bread in the "field" either using the Stick Oven (the brick ...
Army Service Corps menu card, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A farewell dinner menu card. The 240th Company of the Royal Army Service Corps was formed in February 1915. They served as 39 Reserve Park and remained at home (on Cannock Chase), although it had originally ...
Army Service Corps, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The cap badges seem to indicate that these troops beloned to the Army Service Corps which were based in the area of Rugeley Camp currently called the "Tackeroo" Camp site.
Back of the Golf House, Brocton, Cannock Chase
A couple are seen walking down the narrow track at the rear of the Cannock Chase Golf Course Clubhouse which is now a private home. The Golf Club moved to their present location at Brocton Hall in 1922. ...
Bath hut remains, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The footings for a World War 1 bath hut at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase, near the White House. The young woman is pointing out the bases of shower trays.
Bath hut remains, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Remains of shower trays from cubicles in a World War 1 bath hut at Rugeley Camp.
Battalion National Anthem, NZRB, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This verse appears to refer to The "Dinks" - the New Zealand Rifle Brigade that served at Brocton Camp. The wording suggests they will not be stationed there much longer. They arrived at Brocton in September ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
These were the Officers Quarters belonging to the Royal Army Medical Corps stationed at Rugeley Hospital on Cannock Chase. Behind these buildings was the Officers' Mess and Ablutions. These huts were ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
The Wards, like the huts, were lined with a type of asbestos as a form of insulation. You can still find the brick bases where the stoves for heating would have stood. There were apparently three stoves ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
The twelve main Wards of the Hospital were connected at the rear by a long corridor that allowed patients and staff to access and exit without having to be exposed to inclement weather. The two soldiers ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
This postcard was sent by a nurse working at the hospital and she has marked with a cross where her Ward was, which was No. 11. Further down the main track you can see the flagpole which was at the entrance ...
Brindley Heath Hospital, Cannock Chase
The caption For this photograph was "Farewell to Matron" and she is beaming as she is waved off by staff and patients along the main driveway in front of the wards. Above the windscreen can be seen one ...