POW Camps in UK - 251 to 500
 

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Please note - all the information that I have about the camps is listed below.

I cannot supply information about individual POW's. If you are a relative of an ex POW held during World War 2, then you would need to contact :
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[2003  Prisoner of War Camps survey by English Heritage - Ordnance Survey Grid Reference / current condition of the camp : 1 Complete; 2 Near complete; 3 Partial remains; 4 Removed; 5 Unresolved - details only given for camps in England] 

 

No. Details

251

East Cams Camp, Portchester Road, Fareham, Hampshire [SU 5985 0616 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing, roads called The Thicket and The Spinney follow routes of camp roads

 

Mentioned in 'From Schoneiche to Alton, a Prisoner of War who stayed'.

 

*POW Postcard August 1946 to Germany

252 Abergwili Hospital, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire [listed, Wales]

International Red Cross Inspection report - 13 November 1945
253 Mousehold Heath Camp, Norwich, Norfolk [TG 245 105 / 5]
254 Sutton Bridge Camp, Holbeach, Norfolk [TF 487 203 / 4; 2003 agricultural research and power station]
255 RAF Camp, Snettisham, Norfolk [TF 647 333 / 3]
256 Willingham House, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [TF 142 885 / 3]

*POW Lettersheet 15 March 1947 in German to Germany
257 Pennygillam Camp, Launceston, Cornwall [SX 320 836 / 4; 2003 industrial estate]

International Red Cross Inspection Report for November 1945

258

RAF Camp, Seething Brooke, Norfolk [not listed 2003 report]

258 Ellough Airfield,  Beccles, Suffolk [TM 446 853 / 3]
259 Boughton Park Camp, (Weekley Camp) Boughton, Northamptonshire - standard camp - [cf 35]
260 Hardwick Heath Camp, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [TL 845 626 / 4; 2003 site occupied by a hospital]

POW issued magazine last issue February 1948.

261 W.D. Ampthill, Bedford, Bedfordshire [TL 029 383 / 4]

Ampthill Park. Italian later German POWs. Reference to German POWs in September 1947 (Bedfordshire archives).

262 RAF Camp, Langar, Nottinghamshire [SK 739 333 / 5]
263 Leckhampton Court Camp, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire [SO 9440 1948 / 4]

1945 - 1948 German POWs

264 Welton House Camp, Brough, Yorkshire - [cf 136a]
265 Park Farm, Thorney, Northamptonshire [TF 2925 0361 / 4]
266 Hutted Camp, Bentley Farm, Old Church Hill, Langdon Hills, Essex [TQ 668 864 / 4 - see note below]

Brief mention in '
Thresholds of Peace'.

Information about the location of this camp from Bill Cox (webmaster: Basildon History - www.basildon.com ) - "The grid reference refers to a former army camp which is now the site of Bentley Farm. I believe it closed during the late 1960's or early 1970's. Most buildings were removed although a few remained for many years following closure.
The former P.O.W. camp (266) was in fact located at the summit of Langdon Hills on a large flat piece of land adjacent to Dry Street. There are no remains except one concrete floor on the side closest to the High Road, Langdon Hills.  This is the second highest point in Essex and there is a beacon, which is occasionally lit, on the now open land which forms part of the Westley Heights country park.
...the postcode for the area is SS16 6HY... www.multimap.com ... gives a grid reference of TQ679865...Google Maps is even better... if you enter the postcode you will get the road network for the area. Switch to street view and enable the view to go 'full screen'. You can then move the 'street view' to the point where the High Road meets Dry Street. Turn into Dry Street and you will see the field on the right. I was amazed that I could actually 'zoom in' on the only remaining evidence of the camps existence, the concrete floor, as mentioned in my first email. In fact I got the floor to take up my full screen where you can still see the remains of the wall sections."
267 Mereworth Castle Camp, Mereworth, Kent [TQ 669 532 / 5]
268 Norduck Farm, Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire [SP 8393 2033 / 4]

1945 German POWs moved into Nissen huts formerly occupied by Czech soldiers and a tented prisoner of war camp was created along the drive to Norduck Farm. Over 250 prisoners held there.

18 February 1947 in the House of Commons, Mr. Stokes M.P., "asked the Secretary of State for War how many prisoners are detained at Camp No. 268, Aston Abbotts; how many prisoners have been repatriated from that camp since the 1st October, 1946; and how many of them are at present working in industrial plants in the district."
Mr. Bellenger M.P. replied; "On 12th February there were 1,655 prisoners of war in this Camp. 356 have been repatriated since 1st October, 1946. 797 are employed in industrial plants in the district."    HC Deb 18 February 1947 vol 433 c147W

269 Mansion Potton Camp, Potton, Bedfordshire [TL 220 490 / 5]
270 Luton Airport Camp, nr Luton, Bedfordshire [TL 118 211 / 5]

Probably a camp located near the entrance of the airport as the airport continued to operate as a commercial aerodrome as well as being the base for 264 Fighter Squadron.

271 RAF Airfield, Deopham Green, Attleborough, Norfolk [TM 030 990 / 5]
272 Davenport House, Worfield, Shropshire - standard camp [SO 754 954 / 4]

273

Flixton Airfield, Flixton, Suffolk [TM 3057 8591 / 5]

273a Debach Airfield, Debach, Suffolk [TM 2287 5404 / 5]

*1947 to Germany
274 Ministry of Works Camp, Oxley Lane, Hatch End, Middlesex - standard camp - [cf 122]
274 Errol Airfield Camp, Errol, Perthshire [listed, Scotland]

*20 September 1946 to Germany

275 Topsite Camp, Thames Ditton, Surrey [TQ 15 67 / 5]
275a Kinnell Camp, Friockheim, Arbroath, Angus [listed, Scotland]

276

Nissen (Nisson) Creek, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon [SX 963 941 /5]

276 Dymond's Farm, Clyst Honiton, Devon - [cf 76]

277

Recreation Ground, South Littleton, Evesham, Worcestershire [SP 0749 4616 / 4]

 

24 huts located at east and north boundaries of recreation ground.

277a Fladbury Golf Course, Fladbury, Worcestershire [SO 997 470 / 4; 2003 golfcourse]

Italian and German POWs

278 War Department Camp, Clapham, Bedfordshire [TL 0238 5350 or TL 0071 5464 / 5]

Green Lane?

279 Militia Camp, Yaxley, Huntingdonshire [TL 1736 9275 / 4]
280 North Lynn Farm Camp, King's Lynn, Norfolk - standard camp [TF 6140 2152 / 4; 2003 chemical works]
281 Aldborough Camp, Norwich, Norfolk [no grid reference / 5]
282 Brissenden Green Camp, Brissenden, Kent [TQ 941 393 / 5]
282 Hengherst House, Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent - [TQ 9505 3650 / 5]     (cf 86a)
283 War Department Camp, Ledsham Hall, Cheshire [SJ 3528 7594 / 3]

Mainly tents with some huts.

284

Swanbridge Camp, Sully, Penarth, Glamorganshire [listed, Wales]

284 Abbey Road Camp, Neath, Glamorganshire [listed, Wales]
285 Hawkstone Park, Weston, Shropshire - [cf 240]
286 Romford Camp, Romford, Essex [not listed 2003 report]
286 Purfleet Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex - [TQ 5584 7846 / 4]      (cf 654, 655)

Guards' compound with huts, prisoners' compound tents.
287 Perdiswell Hall, Droitwich Road, Claines, Worcester, Worcestershire [SO 8538 5763 / 5]

German prisoners from 1944/5 up to 1947 [?].

288 Gilling Camp, Hartforth Grange, Hartforth Lane, Gilling West, North Yorkshire - [cf 4]
289 Lydiard House, Lydiard Millicent, nr Swindon, Wiltshire - [cf 160]

In 1941 Lydiard Park was requisitioned and an American Forces hospital established. It served the 101st American Airborne Division and treated casualties from the D Day landings. Subsequently it became a German prisoner of war camp.

290 Penketh Hostel, South Lane, Bold; Lancashire [SJ 5416 8789 / 3]
291 Kitty Brewster Farm, Blyth, Northumberland [NZ 2838 8209 / 4; 2003 industrial estate]
292 Weelsby Camp, Grimsby, Lincolnshire - base camp - [cf 170]
292 Donna Nook Airfield, North Somercotes, Louth, Lincolnshire [TF 424 979 / 3]

In late 1944, the airfield became a German POW Camp with about 3,000 POWs, mostly Poles and Ukrainians from Polish 1st and 2nd Divisions Germany Army captured in France. Many POWs remained after 1945 as displaced persons. The Donna Nook airfield closed in 1945 and the camp in 1948.

292a Kirmington, Caistor, Lincolnshire [TA 106 113 / 3]
293 Carronbridge Camp, Carronbridge, Dumfries [listed, Scotland]

*10 February 1946 to Germany

294

Fisher's Camp, Thedden Grange, Alton, Hampshire [SU 683 391 / 5]

 

Mentioned in 'From Schoneiche to Alton, a Prisoner of War who stayed'. Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.

295 Cattistock Camp, Maiden Newton, Dorset [SY 592 996 / 5]
296 Potter's Hill, High Green, Sheffield, Yorkshire - [cf 127]
296 Ravensfield Park Camp, Rotherham, Yorkshire [SK 4847 9550 / 4; 2003 farmland]

*POW Postcard 28 June 1948 in German to Berlin
296a Racecourse Camp, Doncaster, Yorkshire - Base camp - [cf 6]
297 [The Hayes] Swanwick Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire - [cf 5, 13, 58, 179]
298 Barony Camp, Parkgate, Dumfries - [cf182]
298 Parkgate, Wirral, Cheshire [SJ 27 78 / 4]
299 Godwin Camp, Kilnsea, Hull, East Yorkshire - [not listed 2003 report]     (cf 563)
300 Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire - Special camp - [cf 20]
402 Lopcombe Corner Camp, Salisbury, Hampshire - base camp [SU 252 355 / 5]
402a Camp C19, The Avenue, Southampton, Hampshire [SU 417 149 / 4]

*POW lettersheet 20 December 1946 in German to Germany

403

Brockley Camp, Brockley, Somerset - Base camp [ST 475 671 / 4; 2003 restored parkland]

404 Ivybridge Camp, Ivybridge, Devon - [cf 187]

405

Barwick House Camp, Barwick, Yeovil, Somerset - base camp [ST 5600 1446 / 4; 2003 restored parkland]

406 Scarnecross Camp, Launceston, Cornwall - base camp [SX 3341 8346 / 4; 2003 industrial estate and housing]
407 Usselby Camp, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire - base camp [TF 097 934 / 4; 2003 farmland]
408 Penclawdd Camp, Swansea, Glamorganshire - base camp [listed, Wales]
409 Wolterton Camp, Aylsham, Norfolk [TG 1674 3238 / 4]
410 Le Marchant Camp, Devizes, Wiltshire - [cf 23]
411 The Wynches Camp, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire [TL 420 177 / 4; 2003 restored parkland]
412 Langdon Barracks, Dover, Kent [not listed 2003 report]

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