cannock Staffordshire

[philrmoon]

Hi anyone know of barracks for united states forces near to Cannock Staffordshire
About 1940 to 1960

And are they still in use ??

Regards Phil

[Brentor boy]

There was "Brocton Military Camp"  Cannock, which apparently was used by ANZAC forces. There was also a camp at Rugeley.

I have no specialist knowledge. I just Googled.

[philrmoon]

Hi. Thanks

I think that was in the first world war

What about Cannock barracks ??

Is there some contact I can find that might have military information

Re the personell stationed there or regiments

Regards Phil

[medpat]

I was born in Walsall - use a map to see the locations, I know there were soldiers on the Chase in WW1 but never heard  anything about WW2 but I have found this info.

'In 1944 things swung in the other direction when Walsall became a reception area for around 1,500 evacuees from the V1 and V2 rocket attacks on London.

Other visitors included the United States 10th Replacement Depot, based at Whittington Barracks in Lichfield. Some of the American soldiers were billeted in Pheasey. There were also German prisoners of war, held at a prison camp in Aldridge Road'.

[medpat]

also, just found this


'The Training units were disbanded soon after the Armistice was signed though use of the camps continued well into 1919. Huts around the Rifle Ranges remained in use until replaced in the 1960s. A ghost town existed as the other huts were sold over a prolonged period. The railway and camp roads were removed.

The hospital at Brindley Heath remained in use until bought by the Colliery Company in 1924 as accommodation for miners at the West Cannock No 5 pit. Brindley Heath Village including its own school survived until the 1950s.

The Forestry Commission started planting pines in the 1920s over large swathes of the Chase including the camp areas. Many of these trees will have been harvested and replanted over the last 90years.

At the onset of World War 2 the RAF established a training camp on the Chase at Hednesford and a bombing range for aircraft from RAF Seighford. The training camp closed in 1958 and was sold to Staffordshire County Council.

In the 1960s a war cemetery was developed in the Sher Brook valley near the Commonwealth Cemetery for the German casualties of the Great and Second World Wars.

The last operational rifle range closed in the late 1980s. An exclusion zone with red flags was enforced during firing'.



The nearest US army base seems to be Lichfield.

[pogo99]

The closest base to Cannock was probably RAF Hednesford ,this was a Technical training base.The main Army barracks would of been at Whittington,between Lichfield and Tamworth.It is still being used today as the main training base for all 3 services medical branches,as mentiond before there was an American presence there,but can't find anything about other units around the area.It was also the former H.Q. of the Staffordshire Regiment(the museum is located here as well).