messhuts

Updated: May 3, 2025

At first, bell tents and a few bivouacs were all the available cover, but in time, as corrugated iron could be sent down from old horse lines in the forward area, messhuts, cook-houses and canteens were built. There were no long spells of wet weather and when it was fine the Camp in the Park was delightful. It was never shelled and never bombed, and it is hard to imagine a better place.

John David Hills - The Fifth Leicestershire: A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment,: T.F., During The War, 1914-1919.