Thank you so much, Forrest, for your help regarding the Camp. By going to the site you suggested I now understand its purpose and have even confirmed the date when the particular soldier's regiment was there - I am most grateful . Margery ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest Anderson" <listmail@military-researcher.com> To: <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Warminster Sutton Temp. Camp > On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:49:34 -0000, "Margery Whitham" > <margery@whitham.name> wrote: > >>I am hoping someone can tell me about the above camp in Wiltshire! >>Was it a camp for troops in transit to other locations and >>disbanded after the Great War? > > Sounds as though it was one of the camps set up at Sutton Veny, which > is about 3 miles SE of Warminster. Have a look at > http://www.suttonveny.co.uk/1st_World_War/1st_world_war.html which has > a large collection of photos of hutted and tented camps there and > group photos of men. > > Warminster is on the edge of Salisbury Plain. I don't have a copy, but > the following book might mention Sutton Veny's military history: > > "The Plain: Life On Salisbury Plain From The 1890s To The Present Day" > by Chris Corden, 1998, paperback, 98 pages, ISBN: 1874448981. > > Forrest > > > -- > Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. > E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com > Website: www.military-researcher.com > Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Mail was checked for spam by the Freeware Edition of No Spam Today! > The Freeware Edition is free for personal and non-commercial use. > You can remove this notice by purchasing a full license! To order > or to find out more please visit: http://www.nospamtoday.com