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- Allied Army Training Camps in The Great War 1914 - 1918

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When war broke out in 1914, Britain's army was relativley small, consisting of professional soldiers, may of whom were stationed at garrisons across the Empire, and the territorials, highly trained but part time soldiers. Lord Kitechener, the Minister for War, recognised that the enemy would not be swiftly defeated and he launched a much opposed campaign to recruit volunteers to join his new army. These men would not be signed up on Monday and be thrown onto the battlefield by Friday, but would undergo a intense six month training programme, very similar to today's army training. To faciliate this plan, training camps sprang up all across Britain. As the British Expeditionary Force, made up of profesional soldiers set out to meet the enemy, the Territorial's were called up for full time duty and gathered in various camps to hone their skills before deployment. Whilst some territorials would volunteer for 'Imperial Service' to go to the front or man the garrisons of the Empire, other's would remain on home soil, their experience put to good use guarding the coasts and infrastructure of Britain and passing on their skills to new recruits. New battalions of the Territorial Army were formed in accition to the Battalions of the Kitchener's New Armies and the ranks of the Artillery, RAMC and other Corps would also be swelled to meet the demands of war. Camps in Britain Abbots Langley Camp Alnwick Camp Annandale Camp Arborfield ASC Remount Depot Ashton Barracks Backworth Camp Bare Camp Batchwood Camp Belton Park Camp Bettisfield Park Camp Biscot Mill Camp Blackdown Camp Bodelwyddan Park Bordon Camp Bourley Camp Bovington Camp Bramshott Camp Breary Banks (Colsterdale) Camp Britons Camp Brocton Camp Bulford Camp Bungay Camp Catterick (Richmond) Camp Chisledon (Draycot) Camp Clandeboye Camp Clipstone Camp Clonmel Camp Cocken Hall Camp Codford Camp Colchester Camp Connaught Barracks Cranwell Camp Crowborough Camp Dalton Piercy Camp Dawdon Camp Denham Camp Doncaster Racecourse Camp Doonfoot Camp Duncombe Park Camp East Sandling Camp Eccleston Camp Elkington Camp Elveden Explosives Area, Theford Endcliffe Hall Epping Forest Camp Falmer Camp Farnely Camp Felix Hall Camp Finner Camp Forest Row Camp Fort Darland Camp Fovant Camp Gadebridge Camp Gailes Camp Garendon Camp Garston Camp Gorhambury Camp Grove Park Camp Hackwood Park Camp Halton Park Hamilton Camp Hare Hall Camp Hareshaw Common Camp Harrow Camp Harrowby Camp Hazeley Down Camp Hearson Camp Heaton Park Camp Hedon Racecourse Camp High Beech Camp Hitchin Camp Hollingworth Camp Hornchurch Camp Horton Camp Howbury Park Camp Hummersknot Camp Hurdcott Camp Hursley Park Camp Hursley Park Camp Hylton Castle Camp Kilbride Camp Kinmel Camp Kirby Cane Hall Kirkby Malzeard Camp Langley Park Camp Larkhill Camp Leam Camp Liddymore Camp Lindrick Camp Litherland Camp Lydd Camp Lynch Camp Lyndhurst Camp Magdalen Camp Malvern Common Camp Maresfield Park Camp Marfield Camp Markinch Marlboro Barracks, Dublin Maryhill Barracks Mayfield Camp Milford Camp Monzie, near Crieff Morfa Camp Morn Hill Camp Musketry School Bisley Newton Camp Newtonards Camp No.11 Camp Rollestone No.8 Camp, Sutton Veny Ogbourne Camp Osterley Park Camp Otterburn Camp Park Hall Camp, Oswestry Parkhouse Camp Penally Camp Penkridge Bank Camp Perham Down Camp Pirbright Camp Portobello Barracks Prees Heath Camp Raikeswood Camp Redesdale Camp Redmires Camp Rimac Camp Ripon Camp Rolston Camp Roomer Camp, Masham Royal Engineers Camp Sutton Veny Rushmoor Camp Sandbeck Park Camp Sandhill Camp Scotts House Camp Seaford Camp Sheerness Camp Shooters Hill Camp Shoreham Camp Shorncliffe camp Silkstone Camp Sling Camp South Dalton Camp Spion Kop Camp Springfield Camp Stanmore Camp Staple Hall Camp Stewart Park Camp Stobs Camp Stockcross Camp Stockwood Park Camp Strensall Camp Summerdown Camp Tadworth Camp Thetford Camp Tidworth Camp Tipparary Irish Command Depot Tunnel Camp Tweseldown Camp Upstreet Camp Warminster Camp Weeton Camp Wellington Barracks West Down North Camp West Sandling Camp West Woodburn Camp Weymouth Camp Whitburn Camp White City, Old Trafford Whittington Barracks Wimbledon Common Camp Windmill Camp Wintry Park Camp Witley Camp Witney Camp Wollaton Park Camp Woodbury Camp Woodcote Park Camp Woodhorn Camp Woolwich Common Worgret Camp Worlds End Camp Wyvern Barracks, Exeter Camps Overseas 1st Anzac Camp 4th Australian Division Base Camp Aldershot Camp Arrival Camp Aubrey Camp Baboon Camp Belfast Camp Bendigo Camp Bleville Camp Boesinghe Camp Bois Celestin Camp Bruyeres Camp California Camp Camp 12 Camp 59 Mourcourt Canada Huts Caribou Camp Clifford Camp Clydesdale Camp Collinwood Camp Conqueror Camp Currah Camp Dallington Camp Dirty Bucket Camp Doncaster Huts Eastwood Camp Erie Camp Haslar Camp Imperial School of Insruction Zeitoun Irish Camp J Camp Jock Camp Junction Camp Lorna Camp Mex Camp Mezera Camp Micmac Camp Moustapha Pasha Camp, Alexandria Mustapha Camp Oost Camp Ostrohove Camp Patiala Camp Piddington Camp Pitchcott Camp Pompier Camp Red Lodge Camp Red Rose Camp Scottish Camp Seddon Camp St Lawrence Camp St Martins Camp Tay Camp Tigris Camp Toronto Camp Trones Wood Camp Tunnelling Camp Wakefield Camp Waterlands Camp Wheal Camp X Camp Z Camp

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