Suffolk Army Cadet Force 
Annual Camp
Rollestone, Wiltshire
Sun 24 Jul- Fri 5 Aug 2005
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My favourite Rollestone 05 camp pics

  • The Detachment Archive Competition 2005 was judged at Camp with Prizes: 1st £65, 2nd £40, 3rd £30.
    There were 7 entries.
    1st - Beccles, Royal Anglian (B Coy) as in 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004! Majestic with 535 photographs.
    2nd - Wattisham, Army Air Corps (A Coy)
    3rd - Ipswich Grenadier Guards (C Coy)
    Highly Commended - Stowmarket, Royal Anglian (A Coy) and Felixstowe, Royal Artillery (C Coy)

  • For the over-16s, an additional voluntary opportunity, for extra cost, was a static line parachute jump from 3500’ or a tandem skydive from 13 000’. The Suffolk ACF Webmaster had some of that, permission granted from the boss at home!
    Click here for an account of this exciting venture at the Joint Services Parachute Training Centre, Netheravon.

History of Rollestone Camp

© Maj John L RaybouldRollestone appeared in the Domesday book.

The camp is 3 miles from Shrewton, on Salisbury Plain. During WW1, it was used for Observation Balloon Reconnaissance training. The balloon hangars are still in existence.

There is a record of a soldier promoted to Acting Bombardier who put up his stripe on 22 May 1915, while in training at Rollestone Camp.
However, on 14 Feb 1916 he was put on an unusual charge of 'General slackness at PT', which led to the removal of his stripe and extra pay on 23 Mar of that year.

From the diary of a 20-year-old Jun 21 1917. 'Proceeded to Amesbury and then by car to Rollestone Camp, an awfully out of the way place.'

There was once an RAF Anti-Gas School at Rollestone Camp.

The camp continued in use during WW2 and is today used by troops training on Salisbury Plain.

In the 1980s the camp was used as an overspill prison during the prison officers’ dispute. Prisoners were often seen in the village of Shrewton carrying out maintenance tasks.

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