Description:Pictured are local workers taking a break from erecting one of the wooden huts which made up Brocton Camp.
The soldiers being trained at the two military camps on Cannock Chase during World War 1 lived in prefabricated huts. These huts were under construction from late 1914 and were largely built by civilian workmen who were apparently attracted to the job by the good wages. The huts were constructed in wood with a door in each end and windows down the side. Despite strikes and poor weather the camps were built very quickly and the first troops began to move into the huts in early 1915.