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A group of gunners from the Royal Field Artillery pause in their task of servicing their heavy artillery outside the ordnance depot at Deepcut Camp, which had been built in 1901.

The photograph shows the present owner's mother (on the right) standing outside the camp shop.

The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been construct- ed for troops returning from the Boer War.

We are looking down on the village from the site of a Roman camp. The old Roman road drops steeply down onto the green, via a bridge over the short river from Semer Water, two miles away.

The village is known far and wide to Brownies, Cubs, Guides and Scouts, because the Scouts' Association has had a fieldcraft and camp site here for many years.

The old Gap, originally used by fishermen to reach the sea, had become widened by thousands of visitors' feet, so it was smartened up with ornamental embankments by the camp sites; even

Soon the atmosphere of Fearnhead Cross itself would be destroyed with the redevelopment of the former RAF camp.

At one time, every September hordes of workers with their families would arrive and camp out for the season. As well as earning some money, it was a way for some families to have a cheap holiday.

Before you reach Ingoldmells, north of Skegness, you pass one of Butlins' largest holiday camps. Indeed, it was Billy Butlin's very first one, opened in 1936 and the first in the country.

The slag was removed in the 17th century but Pitchcroft remained undeveloped, acting as a venue for fairs, circuses, military camps and musters.

The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War.

For many years, Todmorden (or 'Tod' as it is always known locally) straddled the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, and this busy, bustling little town has always had a foot in both camps, although

It is also interesting to recall that there was a prisoner of war camp in the village; it was in the grounds of Marbury Hall, which was demolished in the 1960s.

Around the time this photograph was taken, the first of a series of Army camps was erected at Bramshott.

Visitors camped on the common until building began; in 1638 a promenade called the Walk was laid out. The Walk was paved, and became the Pantiles.

Mass tourism was in full swing in the 1950s and 60s, but by the 1980s tastes had begun to change, and the camp closed.

The old Gap, originally used by fishermen to reach the sea, had become widened by thousands of visitors' feet, so it was smartened up with ornamental embankments by the camp sites; even

Burngate Farm and Lulworth Camp are on the skyline (centre right).

Tin Town 1917 Around the time this photograph was taken, the first of a series of Army camps was erected at Bramshott.

The road on the left curves past the houses of Nansladron, where the fields in the valley floor are now caravan and camping parks.

Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.

The bridge immediately beyond the lock used to take a railway into Pirbright army camp, just behind the trees to the right.

Padgate's memorial obelisk to the 1914-18 war points to Padgate Camp, where millions of RAF recruits did their basic training between 1939-53.

In the distance beyond the trees is the site of Anstiebury Camp, an Iron Age hill fort. Excavations have revealed that it had two ramparts.