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A sextet of non-commissioned officers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade adopt a casual pose for the photographer amid the gorse bushes and sparse clumps of grass outside the Sergeants Mess at this camp on

This was an important 56-acre camping ground for the Guide and Brownie groups in East London, as this part of the countryside was easily reached by train, especially with electrification

During the First World War, St Mildred's Bay was taken over as a Royal Naval Air Service Station, with a tented camp set up on the grassy promenade.

We are looking down on the village from the site of a Roman camp.

Soon the atmosphere of Fearnhead Cross itself would be destroyed with the redevelopment of the former RAF camp.

The village is known far and wide to Brownies, Cubs, Guides and Scouts, because the Scouts' Association has had a fieldcraft and camp site here for many years.

The old Gap, originally used by fishermen to reach the sea, had become widened by thousands of visitors' feet, so it was smartened up with ornamental embankments by the camp sites; even

It is believed that in AD43 the Romans under Emperor Claudius set up a small initial camp at Reculver because of its safe harbour.

The camp was recommended by Lord Baden Powell in 1911, and since then, thousands of soldiers, like these seen on marching drill at Kemmel Lines, have passed through.

The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been construct- ed for troops returning from the Boer War.

The War Office purchased over 1600 acres of land here in 1863, and by 1903 camps had been constructed for troops returning from the Boer War.

The photograph shows the present owner's mother (on the right) standing outside the camp shop.

A group of gunners from the Royal Field Artillery pause in their task of servicing their heavy artillery outside the ordnance depot at Deepcut Camp, which had been built in 1901.

In the late 1940s and early 50s caravan and camping sites saw the village embrace the holiday trade with an amusement arcade and new shops like Sea View Café, which were conveniently sited

Amongst the attractions on offer was nightly entertainment in the camp's licensed clubhouse.

Today, behind the tents and huts to the right there is a massice holiday camp development.

Likewise, the many permanent buildings on the site belie its description as a camp.

Rumour has it that the Romans did not camp here at all, and that the mounds are medieval workings.

The square was a large parade ground, and nearby Addington Street was a military camp.

Visitors camped on the common until building began; in 1638 a promenade called the Walk was laid out.

The camp was recommended by Lord Baden Powell in 1911, and since then, thousands of 'squaddies' have passed through.

A fine study of a gunnery team standing to attention at Deepcut Camp.

Then the centre became a camp site, and finally closed altogether in 1984.

Here we see a quiet scene in the centre of a village that has become overwhelmed by post-war bungalow developments and surrounded by caravan and camping parks.