The War Department established a training camp, or Remount Depot, for horses on Pauncefoot Hill to the west of Romsey, in Hampshire. The camp could accommodate up to 5000 horses and mules at any one time. There were between 2000 and 3000 men working at the camp which also contained a veterinary hospital. Many of the animals came from the USA and once trained were despatched to France via nearby Southampton. After the War the camp was demolished and much of the building material was used as hardcore to prepare the ground for Romsey's War Memorial Park.