Description:This photograph has been touched-up to exaggerate the amount of snow but even so, Cannock Chase was a truly desolate place in the winter months and it is regularly mentioned in postcards home requesting additional warm clothing. The soldiers are wearing their coats and the YMCA Number 1 Hut would be a welcome retreat from the cold and somewhere where soldiers could get a hot drink. This was one of the three YMCA Huts around Penkridge Bank (Rugeley) Camp.