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? The reason I ask is that I have a post card dated Jan.19th (unfortunately no year) and on it the writer says ""it is a miserable spot after all. I am so tired of talking to myself....these nights are awfully chilly, too - colder than Belgium....this morning I had pleasure indeed parting with my equipment for good. In its place I have a kit bag also a red bag to carry...this looks like peace but you can see I do not intend to feel excited yet. Fourteen days will probably be granted to us, it sounds jolly, and when leave is over I understand we are held in readiness to depart...I won't think of embarkation."" Any information at all will be most welcome. Margery

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