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Description: | Origins and history: Bushfield Camp was established in June 1939 on land that was originally a cornfield. It was used during the Second World War by the King's Royal Rifle Corps and the Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) for American men who enlisted in the British Army for the duration of the War.
After the War it was used as the Army Records Centre in the 1950s, a hostel for archaeological excavation volunteers 1964-67, a transit camp for troops returning from the Far East in 1967 and finally accommodation for 223 Signals Squadron (Royal Corps of Signals, alias the Intelligence Corps) who were based at Flowerdown Radio Interceptor Station at Harestock, 1972-75.
It was abandoned by the Ministry of Defence 1975/76 and finally closed down 1977/78.
The site provides extensive views of the city, and is situated within Compton and Badger Farm parishes.
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Quick Information Index card; Winchester Local Studies Library. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | building Army camp Army 223 Signals Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals Army Records Centre hut King's Royal Rifle Corps military | Temporal: | start=1980-07-01; end=1980-07-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Derek Dine, Hampshire County Library | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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