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Clipstone Camp

Clipstone Camp
Clipstone
Nottinghamshire
England

A massive army camp of wooden huts was built at Clipstone near Mansfield in WW1. Men of the UPS (University and Public Schools Brigade) were the first to arrive in May 1915. The camp was just one of those built to train the men of Kitchener's New Army. Clipstone Camp could hold upwards of 30,000 men.

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