Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This postcard view was posted in Hednesford to an address in West Bradford.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. During the First World War two military camps ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This gentleman and his dog appear in quite a few of the postcards from the period and he must have been a friend or assistant to the photographer. Having a person in front of the panoramic view helps ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This postcard view could have been taken early on in the development of Rugeley Camp as there are large quantities of timber by the side of the military railway track. The building on the left with the ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ground since the 1870s. During the First World War two military camps were built on the Chase: Brocton Camp, which was located near to Anson's Bank; ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A view from the south-west showing the Battalion Lines 16 to 18 in the foreground and Penkridge Bank Road disappearing into the distance and bearing to the left. At this point was the White House and ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This postcard view shows the military railway coming down Penkridge Bank Road from the White House where it splits to go round Rifle Range Corner to the left of the photograph. The Parade Ground ahead ...
Rugeley camp, Cannock Chase
It is difficult to locate where this photograph was taken, but the layout of the tracks is similar to those between Rifle Ranges "A" and "B". They are only about fifty yards apart down Cherrytree Slade. ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This picture could have been taken at any of the Parade Grounds on Rugeley Camp as the vast majority of the twenty Battalion Lines were laid out identically due to the flat terrain. In the foreground ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Rugeley Camp can be seen on Penkridge Bank in the distance. A postcard view taken on the road from Broadhurst Green to the White House on cannock Chase.
Cannock Chase had been used as a military training ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Rugeley Camp was on relatively flat ground compared to Brocton Camp and it did not have as many easily recognizable features either as it consisted of monotonous rows of huts. The photographer appears ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This is one of the few colour-tinted postcards of the Grat War Camps. This is a view of Rugeley Camp from the Penkridge side of Penkridge Bank Road, just down from Broadhurst Green. Most of the people ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
It is difficult to identify the precise location of this photograph. Brocton Camp would have the letter of the Battalion Line above the door together with the hut number which made it easier to identify ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A panoramic view of the sides Battalion Lines 17 to 19 with No.18's Regimental Institute being the large building centre right. An early conifer plantation on the right shows that there were trees on ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This postcard view was taken quite early on in the development of Rugeley Camp as parts of it are still being built and the roadway is requiring its finishing coating. Initially the materials were brought ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
In the bottom right hand corner is part of Penkridge Bank Road and the Battalion Line ahead is No. 16. The perimeter path can be seen behind the small hut which may have been a shelter for the person ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This horseman heading along Penkridge Bank Road towards the White House cuts a lonely figure. The military railway crosses the road from left to right down Brindley Valley before the huts. To his left ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The far (Rugeley) end of Penkridge Bank Road with Rugeley Camp in the distance. The vast majority of the postcards would show this side of the Camp as there was a panoramic view of its grand scale. The ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
A general view of Rugeley Camp, but it is difficult to identify the viewpoint. On the hillside there are two sets of three smaller huts which are the the Latrines and Urinals, with two Ablutions Huts ...