Training with the Lancashire Fusiliers
· Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Following his commission, Tolkien trained with the 13th (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase. The source says the training lasted eleven months after his 15 July 1915 commission; the precise camp coordinate is approximate.
