Carters Camp

[Marigold1]

Does anyone happen to know where Carters Camp was? The 13th Cheshires were training there in February 1917 and I think it may have been somewhere in the area of Ploegsteert near the Ypres Salient.

 

Marigold

[jonbem]

Hi Marigold

if you have Ancestry access the War Diary for Feb 17 starts HERE

There is mention of Rifle House

A McMaster search returns this

Results for search Rifle House

Trench Name	Nearest Place	Map Sheet Number	Map Squares
Rifle Brigade HQ [Rifle House] [Ploegsteert Wood]	Ploegsteert	28SW4	U 21 c 2.6
Rifle House [Rifle Brigade HQ] [Ploegsteert Wood]	Ploegsteert	28SW4	U 21 c 2.6
Rifle House Cemetery	Ploegsteert	28SW4	U 21 c
Rifle House [Ploegsteert Wood]	Ploegsteert	28SW4	U 20 d 95.70

 

regards

Jon

[Marigold1]

Jon,

Very many thanks for such a quick and helpful reply.

Marigold

[jonbem]

A quick read suggest they moved from Rifle House on the 2nd Feb to the Divisional Reserve at Carters Camp on the 3rd, so must be relatively close, within 10 miles I would have thought, though haven't found exact spot.

[EDWARD1]

• The camps mentioned in the diary, De Seule at 36NW1 B1b 

Eddie

Edited 1 July , 2017 by EDWARD1

[jonbem]

I found same, but haven't seen it marked on a map yet

Results for search De Seule

Place	Map Sheet #	Map Squares
De Seule	36NW1	B1

[Marigold1]

Many thanks everyone for the extra details.

 

Marigold

[EDWARD1]

Aprox 8km or 5miles in a SE direction from De Seule there is a Carters Farm at 36NW2&NE1C10d1.3

Eddie