Letters, postcards and diary entries give a wonderful insight into life at Hurdcott Camp. If you have any material you would like to share please get in touch.
Concern for a relative at Hurdcott:

Merry Christmas Postcard sent from Hurdcott:

War Medals:

A Soldier from the 9th London Regiment:

A Photographic Postcard:

On the reverse of the postcard, Percy wrote to his brother George:
“Have been down here for about a month. Plenty of hills and chalk but we are right away from everything. Our only supplies from Salisbury of anything decent and that’s 7 or 8 miles away…”
Letters tracing a wounded son:
In an age before telephone calls or emails, the letters below show the agonizing wait for information. Private George Shailer, No 3910 of the 48th Battalion, AIF was wounded on 27th April 1918:

Australian Red Cross Society Notification dated 15th May 1918:

Dated London 27th May 1918:

Reply to Mrs Shailer dated 6th June 1918:

Letter to Mrs Shailer dated 23rd August 1918, informing her that George had been sent to Hurdcott Camp on 24th May:

A very thankful Mother writes:

Detail of correspondance:
