With the end of the First World War in November 1918, there were more than 250,000 Canadian troops in Britain and at the Western Front who needed to be repatriated. Those troops on mainland Europe were shipped to the UK prior to onward travel to Canada. They were held at a series of military camps across Britain, including Bramshott, on Bramshott Common, Hampshire; Witley, near Guildford, and Woodcote at Epsom, both in Surrey—the two towns are approximately apart; Ripon, North Yorkshire; Buxton and Seaford, both in East Sussex; and Kinmel, near Rhyl, North Wales. On average a Canadian soldier returning from continental Europe stayed in Britain for about a month before leaving for Canada.