BULFORD, WILTSHIRE
Although Bulford Camp was established at the end of the nineteenth century, it was not until the late 1930s that new brick houses began to replace the wooden huts that had served as married quarters until then.
Below: Army children and their dog pictured opposite the 'C' lines married quarters at Bulford Camp.
DEVIZES, WILTSHIRE
Above: A tinted postcard dating from the World War I period showing the married quarters at Devizes Barracks. Construction of Devizes Barracks, or the Le Marchant Barracks, in Devizes, Wiltshire, was completed in 1878, and the barracks served as the Wiltshire Regiment's regimental headquarters until 1959. Look closely, and a woman wearing a long, white apron or gown can just be discerned standing at the top of the stairs leading to the first floor on the left.
TIDWORTH, WILTSHIRE
Above: A postcard showing married quarters at Tidworth Barracks, Wiltshire, around a century ago.
Below: This postcard is captioned 'Tidworth: married quarters'. These terraced homes in Tidworth were nicknamed 'Merthyr Tydfils' on account of their similarity to the housing provided for miners and their families in Merthyr Tydfil, then a significant colliery town in south-east Wales.
Above and below: Two postcards labelled 'Warrant officers quarters, Tidworth'.
