eaw008588 ENGLAND (1947). Marchington Camp, Marchington, 1947

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Details

Title [EAW008588] Marchington Camp, Marchington, 1947
Reference EAW008588
Date 27-July-1947
Link
Place name MARCHINGTON
Parish MARCHINGTON
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 414064, 330207
Longitude / Latitude -1.7910471727325, 52.868833202622
National Grid Reference SK141302

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St Peter's Church

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User Comment Contributions



I was stationed in this area in 1950 with the REME .10 Veh. Depot workshops, when I was there our address was Sudbury, there was as station near the Road to Derby. The road to Lichfield

went past a side road to Marchinton on which the entrance to the camp was .



Anyone reading this may know --or have heard of Dave Tipper who was a teacher in Marchington and was a corporal working with education corp sergeants, one of whom was

Sgt.George

All I know about this photograph is the railway to Derby.

James morrison
Wednesday 26th of February 2014 07:56:55 PM
This camp was established by 1941; it served the US Army and was a prisoner of war base after D-Day. It saw service by the British Army following the war; the land was sold off in the 1980s. [Wikipedia]

MB
Friday 15th of November 2013 11:08:55 AM
Military camp with its own network of railway sidings

MB
Friday 15th of November 2013 11:05:14 AM