Description:Mail call for US Army troops based around Stone. This photograph was taken at one of the camps built in and around Yarnfield to house munitions workers from Woolwich Arsenal who were to be working at the Royal Ordnance Factory at nearby Swynnerton. There were seven camps named after Royal Navy Admirals: Beatty, Drake, Duncan, Frobisher, Howard, Nelson, and Raleigh. Instead they acted as transit camps for United State Airforce Personnel. There was also a camp at Millmeece known as Corby Hall.
This photograph may show troops stationed at the 312th Station Hospital at Shugborough.