World War 1, England, Codford, BAILEY, 51 Battalion, 1917

With its easy rail and road access to Warminster and Salisbury, during the World War 1, there were no fewer than 15 different camps built in and around Codford. Initially this was to accommodate British troops before their deployment to France but after 1916 for New Zealand troops. The Australian No. 4 Command Depot (for the men who had been evacuated from the front line and were not yet fit to return to the front) arrived from Wareham in Dorset, remaining at Codford until November when it moved to Hurdcott. Large training and transfer camps were established in the surrounding area for the tens of thousands of Australian troops waiting to move to France.