Annual Camp

Annual Camp

Annual Camps

As well as a parade night each week and weekend camps most soldiers looked forward to the 2 week annual camp, many saw this almost as a holiday - a change to the routine, with friends, often by the sea. They also received pay, in cash for attendance and the social life at camp was normally 'enjoyable'. Annual camps took place at:

Year Location
1861 Gloucester
1862 Bristol
1863 Oxford
1868 Windsor
1871 Broomy Hill, Hereford
1872 Broomy Hill
1873 Warham
1874 Warham
1875 Warham
1876 Burghill
1877 Eastnor (Ledbury)
1878 Belmont
1879 Netherton (Ross)
1880 Elsdon (Lyonshall)
1881 Stoke Edith
1882 Aldershot
1883 Brighton
1884 Stoke Edith
1885 Eywood (Kington)
1886 Abergavenny
1887 Garnons
1888 Crewe (Cyclists); review on Castle Green (remainder)
1889 Stoke Edith
1890 Towyn
1891 Aldershot
1892 Conway
1893 Aldershot
1894 Blackpool
1895 Blackpool
1896 Leominster
1897 Aldershot
1898 Conway
1899 Towyn
1900 - 01 BOER War
1900 Fleetwood (Emergency Camp)
1901 - 02 BOER War
1901 Towyn
1902 Salisbury Plain
1903 Isle of Man
1904 Salisbury Plain
1905 Windmill Hill, Salisbury Plain
1906 Southampton
1907 Scarborough
1908 County march in Herefordshire
1909 Hereford
1910 Aberystwyth
1911 Pembroke
1912 Hereford
1913 Porthcawl
1914/19 The First World War
1921 Rhyl
1922 Aberystwyth
1923 Porthcawl
1924 Porthcawl
1925 Ramsey, Isle of Man
1926 Porthcawl
1927 Porthcawl
1928 Coberley, Cheltenham
1929 Porthcawl
1930 Holyhead
1931 Porthcawl
1932 Weekend brigade camp, Ross
1933 Porthcawl
1934 Penally
1935 Porthcawl
1936 Ilfracombe
1937 Callow, Hereford
1938 Porthkerry
1939 1st Battalion Weston-Super-Mare
1939 2nd Battalion Weston-Super-Mare
1939/46 The Second World War
1948 Brecon
1949 Penally
1950 Llanbedr
1951 Castlemartin
1952 Bellerby
1953 Gandales, Yorkshire
1954 Castlemartin
1955 Thetford
1956 Castlemartin
1957 Windmill Hill, Salisbury Plain
1958 Plasterdown
1959 Buckenham lofts (Stanford PTA)
1960 Millom (Army School of Civil Defence)
1961 East Wretham (Stanford PTA)
1962 Plasterdown
1963 Devizes
1964 Gareloch-head
1965 Sennybridge
1966 Otterburn