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| Bushfield Camp, 1980 |
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| Brief Description: Wooden barrack huts at the disused Bushfield Army Camp on the southern outskirts of Winchester, 1980. |
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| Subject Date: July 1980 |
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| Creator: Derek Dine, Hampshire County Library |
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| Owner: Hampshire Library and Information Service |
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| Contributor: Hampshire Library and Information Service |
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| Full Description: Origins and history: Bushfield Camp was established in June 1939 on land that was originally a cornfield. It was used during the Second World War by the King's Royal Rifle Corps and the Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) for American men who enlisted in the British Army for the duration of the War.
After the War it was used as the Army Records Centre in the 1950s, a hostel for archaeological excavation volunteers 1964-67, a transit camp for troops returning from the Far East in 1967 and finally accommodation for 223 Signals Squadron (Royal Corps of Signals, alias the Intelligence Corps) who were based at Flowerdown Radio Interceptor Station at Harestock, 1972-75.
It was abandoned by the Ministry of Defence 1975/76 and finally closed down 1977/78.
The site provides extensive views of the city, and is situated within Compton and Badger Farm parishes.
Reference:
Quick Information Index card; Winchester Local Studies Library. |
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| Place: Winchester, Winchester City, Hampshire |
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| Subject: building, Army, Army camp, military |
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| Name Subject: 223 Signals Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Army Records Centre |
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| Content Type: Photograph |
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| Location: Winchester Library - Jewry Street |
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| Local Ref: 287/1/4 |
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| Unique ID: hs-hl-hs0713-i-00-000.jpg |
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| IPR: Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council |
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