Colleen Andrews recently asked about Military camps near Swindon. I lived in the area in the 1930's and the camp at Chisledon comes to mind. It must have been there in WW1 days. There used also to be something at Wroughton but that might have been RAF. Hope this helps, Maurice

Chisledon Camp certainly existed in WW1 days. RAF Wroughton served various purposes over the years but when I served there it housed a maintenance unit for Canberra aircraft. This is not to be confused with RAF Hospital Wroughton next door which was one of the main RAF Hospitals. Also just up the road was the USAF Hospital at Burderop Park . However, I believe that was on the site of the old Chisledon Camp - if it wsn't it was certainly adjacent. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "msnowdon.freeserve.co.uk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 4:51 PM Subject: [WSX] Military Camps > Colleen Andrews recently asked about Military camps near Swindon. I lived in the area in the 1930's and the camp at Chisledon comes to mind. It must have been there in WW1 days. There used also to be something at Wroughton but that might have been RAF. > > Hope this helps, > > Maurice > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > To view the list archives see: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/wessex-plus > To search the list archives see: > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >