Just a couple of days ago we looked at a card of Pond Farm Camp and commented that the summer camps up on Salisbury Plain probably helped the prosperity of the area. We even mentioned the railway as a local beneficiary.
We have just been given a postcard of soldiers at Lavington Station and here it is.
Soldiers at Lavington Station in 1910
It isn’t the sharpest postcard we ever saw and the cutter seems to have got a bit off the next image, but nonetheless, we rather like this. The caption is not at all easy to read.
But with a bit of added contrast we can see it says 6th Lancashire Fusiliers Salisbury Plain 1910.
It is the card writer who informs us this is Lavington Station.
Card message
The message reads:
Hope you arrived safely and had a good view. I am not sure if you are going back to Malvern on Sat or not. This is a photo of our buglers taken at Lavington Station. With love Roddie.
Posted from West Down Camp South
The card, we can see, was posted from West Down South Camp on 19th May 1910.
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