Strensall, 1918,

[Sandra Parker]

I have just found out that my Grandfather, Frederick Alex Chilvers, was transferred from the Essex Regiment, overseas in 1914-18, to Labour Corps probably 360 Company, around May/June 1918.
I would really appreciate any information on the military base, and particularly The Labour Corp, where it was based in Strensall and what it actually did. I know it was an interim place for soldiers not considered fit for active fighting duty, but maybe there are some sort of records, photos or stories of this time.
He was from Norfolk and his family was was living in London 1900 till his death in 1924.
Sandra
Darwin, Australia

[Geoffers]

Details on the Labour Corps can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/labour_corps/

Strensall may just have been a baracks following his initial transfer:
http://www.army.mod.uk/ate/public/catterick.htm
http://www.army.mod.uk/img/ate/images/pil_northeast_img_06.jpgThe command of Strensall dry training area and ranges also includes Driffield disused airfield with its cross-country driving circuit. Strensall ranges have been in use since the early 1870s, when the War Department purchased Strensall Common, gradually evolving towards the First World War, by when Strensall had become a garrison town, complete with rifle ranges, dry training area, barracks, medical centre...