Description:A postcard with views of Rugeley Camp and the surrounding area. In the centre is a photograph of Rugeley Town Hall. Published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford and postmarked 12 November 1916.
This postcard was sent by a man in the R.G.A. at No.1 Depot of Rugeley Camp. The Royal Garrison Artillery were the 'technical' branch of the Royal Artillery who were responsible for much of the professionalisation of technical gunnery that was to occur during the First World War. However it was originally tasked with manning the guns of the British Empire's forts and fortresses, including coastal artillery batteries, the heavy gun batteries attached to each infantry division, and the guns of the siege artillery. The R.G.A. were amalgamated with their sister arm the Royal Field Artillery in 1924, from this point onward the only two arms within the Royal Regiment of Artillery are the Royal Artillery and the Royal Horse Artillery.