Sue S Posted 28 December , 2009 Share Posted 28 December , 2009 Hi, I have a number of postcards which were sent from Tadworth Camp in 1916 but despite my best efforts on Google have found very little about the camp or its whereabouts. Any information gratefully received. Kind Regards. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritofold Posted 28 December , 2009 Share Posted 28 December , 2009 Hi, I have a number of postcards which were sent from Tadworth Camp in 1916 but despite my best efforts on Google have found very little about the camp or its whereabouts. Any information gratefully received. Kind Regards. Sue Is it possible that it was Tidworth??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 28 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2009 Hi Andy, I have checked and the cards definitely say Tadworth. The lad I am researching was 2nd Battalion Grenadiers. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 28 December , 2009 Share Posted 28 December , 2009 As Sue probably has already found out, there was a Tadworth Camp in Surrey but, as she says, Googling leads to very little except this which she must surely have discovered. And nothing results from an IWM documents word search, and there are appear only to have been passing references in the Forum. Andy is justified in wondering whether Tidworth was meant. Several times I've seen postcards of Tadworth Camp with the dealer's pencilled annotation that it is in Wiltshire or Hampshire, it having been misread as Tidworth (which is just in Wiltshire). Moonraker PS I've just Googled "Tadworth Camp 1916", which brings up some hits, thought the references appear to be incidental. I'll leave it to Sue to work through them, if she hasn't done so already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 28 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2009 Thanks Moonraker. Strange that there is so little about the camp on the Web. Regards Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 28 December , 2009 Share Posted 28 December , 2009 The search criteria to use here should include > Royal Fusiliers Epsom Ashtead Tattenham or Tattenham Corner When they talk of Tadworth Camp they mean Epsom Downs Racecourse, at the NE corner of which is Tattenham Corner Station. The built-up area N and E of that is Tadworth. I do recall that the Epsom Stamp Exchange http://www.epsomstamp.co.uk/ used to stock a locally published history of the camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 28 December , 2009 Share Posted 28 December , 2009 There's also this: Tadworth: an illustrated history by Kenneth R Clew (R J Chappell Ltd, 1968). The local library should have a copy of this and of the book suggested by Tom. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy 60th Posted 28 December , 2009 Share Posted 28 December , 2009 The search criteria to use here should include > Royal Fusiliers Epsom Ashtead Tattenham or Tattenham Corner When they talk of Tadworth Camp they mean Epsom Downs Racecourse, at the NE corner of which is Tattenham Corner Station. The built-up area N and E of that is Tadworth. I do recall that the Epsom Stamp Exchange http://www.epsomstamp.co.uk/ used to stock a locally published history of the camp. Tadworth Camp was located immediately to the west of the B290 between Tadworth and Tattenham corner. OS grid ref 575225 (TQ 25/35 )It was certainly in use by WW1 and was used by many units including the Royal Fusiliers and the Canadians. I also believe it was used by the Canadians in WW2. It is right on the edge of Epsom Downs which was used for training in both wars. It is now partly built over. As far as I know there hasn't been a book published about the camp - the booklet which is mentioned above refers to Woodcote Park Camp nearby which was used as Canadian convalescent camp during WW1. Before this it was a training camp for the Public Schools Brigade. Bourne Hall Museum Ewell which is the local museum for the area should be able to help with some details of Tadworth Camp. David Brookes or Jeremy Hart are the contacts there. Regards, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 31 December , 2009 Author Share Posted 31 December , 2009 Thanks for your replies. Very much appreciated. Regards Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 2 January , 2010 Share Posted 2 January , 2010 Photographs here Tadworth Camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 2 January , 2010 Author Share Posted 2 January , 2010 Thanks for that. There were a couple I had'nt got. Kind regards Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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