SANDY_LEISHMAN Posted 7 June , 2011 Share Posted 7 June , 2011 A Lady called Connie Hopkins sent this photo into our museum in the forlorn hope we might be able to identify her Gt Grandad and Gt Uncle (Fus Walter Jenkins McLaren RSF 32182 later 99024 50th Bn MGC and Fus 10511 Mark Lavery DCM MM RSF) The postcard had printed on the back: M Bennett Bulford Camp Studio, Salisbury Plain I was wondering if any of our members would like to comment on the photo before I reply to the lady.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st AIF Posted 7 June , 2011 Share Posted 7 June , 2011 Wasn't Bulford the main camp for VD infected soldiers to be treated? Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANDY_LEISHMAN Posted 8 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 8 June , 2011 Wasn't Bulford the main camp for VD infected soldiers to be treated? Len Well I'll no be telling her that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 8 June , 2011 Share Posted 8 June , 2011 Wasn't Bulford the main camp for VD infected soldiers to be treated? Len For two or three years it was a major Australian "dermatological hospital" - an euphemism for it treating VD cases but prewar Bulford was a major infantry barracks and during the war a major ASC base. There are thousands of postcards showing soldiers at Bulford between 1903 and 1920 and one or two do show hospital accommodation for non-VD soldiers. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANDY_LEISHMAN Posted 15 June , 2011 Author Share Posted 15 June , 2011 Thanks for the info men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted 15 June , 2011 Share Posted 15 June , 2011 There are three chaps wearing 'fusilier' cap badges. Old Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 25 December , 2016 Share Posted 25 December , 2016 There are several postcards of a century ago with verses humorously/satirically describing conditions in Bulford..(Many of these were produced for other camps, with just the name changed.) A somewhat different, almost eulogistic, poem is on page 22 in Things are Different Now Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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