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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
551 Hutted Camp, Penn Street, Nr Amersham, Buckinghamshire [not listed 2003 report]
552 Bolero Camp, Graven Hill, Bicester, Oxfordshire - (or 553) [SP 5883 2040 / 4]      (cf 683, 1011)

"'Bolero' was the codename used for any facilities associated with the provision of support of the US Army. Four 'Bolero' complexes existed on Craven Hill - SP 5826 079 (Romney huts), SP 5850 2064 (dispersed Nissen hut camp), SP 5936 2044 (dispersed Nissen hut camp) and SP 5914 2099 (Romney huts gun park). Grid reference given for feature centre of the Craven Hill complex".
International Red Cross inspection - 22 April 1944 - Italian prisoners, capacity 248.
553 Southern Ordnance Camp, Calley Lane, Bridgwater, Somerset - [cf 37]

*POW lettersheet written in Italian, 27 August 1945 to Brindisi. 
554 Woodfield Farm Camp, Brockworth Road, Churchdown, Gloucester [not listed 2003 report]

Inspected by IRC on 28 April 1944 : Commandant not listed : 224 Italians in a Working Company.
555 Newark House, Monks Meadow, Gloucester [not listed 2003 report]

Inspected by IRC on 28 April 1944 : Commandant Major MacNamara : 216 Italians in a Working Company, + 2 in hospital.
556 Merrileas Park Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hants [not listed 2003 report]
556 Bucknowle House, Church Knowle, Wareham, Dorset [not listed 2003 report]
557 Grand Hall, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [not listed 2003 report]
558 Bruno Camp, Stromness, Orkney [not listed 2003 report]
559 Abbeycraig Park, Causeway Head, Stirling [listed, Scotland]

International Red Cross visit - 17 May 1944 - Italian prisoners, capacity 250.
560 Newton Camp, Bosherston (?), Pembroke [not listed 2003 report]
560 Wolf Cub House, St.Mellons, Nr Cardiff [not listed 2003 report]
561 Old Woodbury Hall, Gamlingay, Sandy, Bedfordshire - [TL 2136 5286 / 5]     (cf 583)

Large country house.
562 Osterley Park Camp, Wyke Green, Isleworth, Middlesex - German Working Company - [TQ 1517 7795 / 4]      (cf 681)

Opened 1943. Italian, then German POWs. 19 gable roofed huts and two ining halls with a central kitchen.

563 Middleton Hall, Middleton-on-the-worlds, Driffield, Yorkshire [not listed 2003 report]
563 Godwin Battery Camp, Kilnsea, Yorkshire - [cf 299]
564 Stretton Hall, Stretton-en-le-Field, Netherseal, Staffordshire - [ SK 3051 1198 / 5]      (cf 565)
564 Stable Road Camp, Barlow, Yorkshire [SE 651 283 / 4]
565 Rufford Abbey, Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire - [not listed 2003 report]        (cf 650)
565 Stretton Hall, Staffordshire - [cf 564]
566 The Grove, Worth, Sussex [not listed 2003 report]
566 Patterton Camp, Thornliebank, Glasgow [not listed 2003 report]       (cf 625, 660)
567 The Mount, Whitchurch, Shropshire [not listed 2003 report]
567 Old Field Villa, Market Street, Craven Arms, Shropshire [not listed 2003 report]
568 Basing Gate Camp, Sherfield-on-Lodden, Basingstoke [not listed 2003 report]
569 Moreby Hall, Selby, Yorkshire [not listed 2003 report]
569 Race Course Bridges, Yorkshire [not listed 2003 report]
570 Shardlow Hall, Shardlow, Derby [not listed 2003 report]
571 Woodcote House, Ashford Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent [not listed 2003 report]
571 S.T.2, Stranraer, Wigtownshire [listed, Scotland]
572 Edwinstowe, Nr Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [not listed 2003 report]
573 Pendre Camp, Builth Wells, Radnorshire [listed, Wales]
574 Hitcham Park, Burnham, Buckinghamshire - [not listed 2003 report]       (cf 684)
575 Church Farm, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire (or 576) [SP 9974 4049 / 4]

Small camp of Nissen huts on either side of road. References to Italian POWs working in brickworks.

575 Ashton Gifford Camp, Codford, Warminster, Wiltshire [no grid reference / 5]
576 Hutted Camp, Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire - [not listed 2003 report]      (cf 644)
577 No70. COD, (Don), Queens Ferry, Chester [not listed 2003 report]
578 No9. Camp E.S.C.D. Long Marston, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire - [cf 6, 580, 685]
579 Marlborough Farm Camp, Radway Extension, Kineton, Warwickshire - [SP 3773 5174 / 5]      (cf 781)
580 No5. Camp, E.S.C.D. Long Marston, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire -  [cf 6, 580, 685]
581 Arena Road Camp, Tidworth, Hants - [not listed 2003 report]        (cf 632)
581 Blockston Camp, Arnscott, Oxfordshire [not listed 2003 report]
582 Blairvadoch Camp, Rhu, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire [listed, Scotland]

From Donald Fullerton at the Helensburgh Advertiser - 'The camp was actually at Shandon, in the grounds of Blairvadach House which is now Argyll and Bute Council offices, and was described as 'a German Working Camp'. The site had some 40 Nissen huts, and possibly other huts and buildings, which housed prisoners of war assigned to work in the area. There was another POW camp nearby at Stuckenduff, Shandon.'

News article : "The Shandon prisoner-of-war camps were an important feature of life in Helensburgh and Garelochside during World War Two.
So much so that there was a great response to the appeal in Eye on Millig last week from Malcolm Sanders for information about camp no.582 at Blairvadach, more or less on the site of the existing outdoor centre but south of the existing road — although it was north of the original shore road.
Garelochhead reader Mrs Fiona Hamilton remembers it well, and confirms that it was classed as a work camp for the German servicemen.
She tells me: “The prisoners were sent out to farms, gardens and various other work places as there was a shortage of workers as the men had been recruited into our own services. I knew this camp well, as my father was gardener at the Eda Yarrow Home just along the road.
“Stuckenduff camp, now the site of a large housing estate, on the other hand was made up of professional class prisoners, mainly former businessmen — one was, I believe, the editor of a leading Berlin newspaper.
“They worshipped regularly with us at Shandon Church, and at Christmas in the years they were at the camp they made beautiful toys of all descriptions for our Sunday School children's parties. They also took on the role of Father Christmas, and helped to entertain the children.
“They had a wonderful choir which sang in Shandon and various churches in Helensburgh where concerts were held for funds for the various war effort appeals. To hear 'Silent Night' sung in German was a very emotional experience.
“There was one local marriage, and this prisoner remained here and was, if memory serves me correctly, eventually a management team member of either Polaroid or Westclox in the Vale of Leven.”
Mrs Hamilton says that there were other work camps, one at the top of Glen Fruin at the Garelochhead end, and another at Whistlefield. When the Blairvadach prisoners were eventually repatriated to Germany that camp then housed Italian POWs until the end of the war in the Far East. [POWs or Internees?]
“They, however, were not allowed out of camp, although some of the Italian business families were allowed to visit them at the fences,” she recalls.
The 40 Blairvadach Nissen huts then became temporary accommodation while new housing was built in Rhu, Garelochhead and Cardross.
She added: “Some of the Germans kept in touch with local families whom they had been friends with for some time, but gradually through time, contact was lost.”
|Childhood memories|
Mention of the Stuckenduff camp brought back vivid memories for Shandon resident Mrs Elinor Grummitt, some similar to Mrs Hamilton's. As a child she lived on the estate of Shandon House where she was born.
“My mother used to take me to Stuckenduff Farm to buy eggs, and we had to pass the camp,” she tells me.
“I always felt a bit apprehensive at the sight of the German POWs in their brown trousers and tunics with the letters POW on the back — but on reflection they probably did not pose any threat to local people. In fact they seemed to become part of the community, as I remember one Christmas in particular when they were escorted along to Shandon Church for the Christmas service. When 'Silent Night' was sung, one POW I could see had tears running down his cheeks. And I am sure he wasn't the only one.
“They also made a wonderful gesture, to the delight of the children of Shandon Sunday School, by presenting to us at our Christmas party toys which they had made from driftwood collected from the beach. Each boy received a wooden hobby horse, and each girl a doll's rocking cradle. The toys were beautifully made and brightly painted, and gave us endless hours of enjoyment. I do believe one or two of the POWs actually stayed on in the locality after the war. I can't confirm it, but one, I believe, worked at Stuckenduff Farm.”
I also had an email from 'dji b' saying that he has noticed a wooden cabin in a dilapidated condition still at Stuckenduff, and he wonders if this may have some connection with that camp.
"

More memories from the days of the World War Two German prisoner-of-war camps in Helensburgh and district arrived at the Helensburgh Advertiser:
This time the Whistlefield camp, situated roughly where the viewpoint now is, is recalled by reader Stella Irving.
She tells me: “My father became friendly with several of the men, and they were frequent visitors to our home at Portincaple. I was very young at the time, but can remember being very fond of them, especially when one Christmas they gave me a dolls house which they had made for me at the camp. It was beautiful, and they had made all the furniture as well. The suite was made from match boxes and covered in blue velvet. One of the men had been an artist in Germany, and he did miniature paintings for the house. Sadly I no longer have it, but how I wish it had been kept.
“They also made a few pieces of furniture for our home, one being a wardrobe — and its door panels were painted by the artist. The wardrobe has gone, but I did keep the painted panels. Another gift they gave us was a boat in a bottle, which I still have.”
Stella's parents corresponded with their German friends for a long time after they went home, and she and her mother went to stay with two of them and their families in 1949."

582 Sandywarren Camp, Sandy, Bedforshire [not listed 2003 report]
583 Old Woodbury Hall, Woodbury Park, Gamlingay, Bedfordshire - [cf 561]
584 Carfax Avenue, Tongham, Hampshire [SU 8900 4888 / 4; 2003 gardens and woodland]
585 Searchlight Site Camp, Husthwaite, Easingwold, Yorkshire [SE 5076 2092 / 4; 2003 farmland]
586 Chard Hutted Camp, Chard, Somerset [not listed 2003 report]
586 North Camp, Nettlebed, Oxford - [not listed 2003 report]       (cf 609)
587 White Hill Camp, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire [not listed 2003 report]
587 Shapley House, Winchfield, Hants [not listed 2003 report]
588 C.A.D. Grately, Hants [not listed 2003 report]
589 Pylewell House, South Baddesley, Hants [not listed 2003 report]]
589 Crooner House, Whitehill, Bordon, Hants [not listed 2003 report]
590 Hathern Camp, Pear Tree Lane, Hathern, Leicestershire [SK 5076 2092 / 4; 2003 farmland]
590 Barkby Camp, Barkby Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire - [not listed 2003 report]       (cf 616)
591 Wilcott Camp, Nesscliffe, Shropshire - [SJ 3749 1831 / 2; 2003 Nesscliffe Army Training Camp]       (cf 626)
592 Royal Alexandra School, Duxhurst, Reigate, Surrey [not listed 2003 report]

*To Italy 5 October 1944
593 Rob Roy Camp, Aberfoyle, Stirling [not listed 2003 report]
594 ?? Radnay Exterod, Marsborough Farm Camp, Kindor ?? 579?? [not listed 2003 report]
595 ?? Burstruick Camp, M Null ?? [not listed 2003 report]

A message from Stephen Kitchen may have identified this camp, the address of which was listed from a barely legible pow letter-form. His mother remembered a camp at BURSTWICK, which is to the east of Hull.
596 Nine Yews Camp, Cranbourne, Dorset [not listed 2003 report]
596 East Deanston, Doune, Perthshire [not listed 2003 report]
597 Ashanda, West Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset [not listed 2003 report]
598 Barton Grange, Corfe, Taunton, Somerset [not listed 2003 report]
598 Country House Hotel, Sidforth, Devon [SY 1336 9004 / 5]
599 Puckridge Camp, Nr. Aldershot, Hants [not listed 2003 report]

*To Italy 1946  camp 676?
599 North Camp, Newlebed ??, Oxford [not listed 2003 report]
600 Pennings Camp, Wiltshire [not listed 2003 report]
600 Blackthorn Camp, Arncott, Bicester [not listed 2003 report]
601 Thomas Street Camp, Selby, Yorkshire - [not listed 2003 report]       (cf 690)
602 Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire - [not listed 2003 report]      (cf 641)
603 / 604 Black North Camp, Arncott, Devon [not listed 2003 report]
605 Urpeth Lodge, Birtley, Co.Durham [not listed 2003 report]
605 West Bolden Camp, Down Hill Quarry, Sunderland, Co.Durham [NZ 3475 6025 / 5]
606 Binehom, Nr Chailey, Sussex [not listed 2003 report]
606 Beanby Camp, Beanby, Invernessshire [not listed 2003 report]
607 Hutted Camp, Ickleton Grange, Ickleton, Essex [TL 4528 4291 / 3]
608 Royal Wanstead School, Wanstead, London E11 - [not listed 2003 report]       (cf 627)
609 Parkhouse Camp, Shipton Bellinger, Hants - [not listed 2003 report]      (cf 663)
609 North Camp, Nettlebed, Oxford - [cf 586]
610 Wind Mills Camp, Blackthorn, Oxfordshire - [cf 33, 632, 653]
611 Hutted Camp, Tingewick, Buckinghamshire [not listed 2003 report]
611 Harrold Hall, Harrold, Bedfordshire [SP 9489 5689 / 5]
612 Canonbie Camp, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire [not listed 2003 report]
612 Honduras Camp, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfries [listed, Scotland]
613 Old Dalby Camp, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [SK 6879 2465 / 4]
613 Tollerton Hall Camp, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire - [cf 169, 698]
613 Blackbeck Camp, Stainton, Co.Durham [NZ 0720 1793 / 5]

Blackbeck POW Camp was built only a field away from the railway line. POW camp for German prisoners.

614

Stoneham Camp, Eastleigh, Hampshire [SU 4570 1729 / 5]

615 Holmesdale, Nutfield, Nr Redhill, Surrey [not listed 2003 report]
616 Barkby Camp, Barkby Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire [cf 590]
617 Castle Goring, Nr Little Hunstead, Worthing, Sussex [not listed 2003 report]
617 Dryffeholme Camp, Lockerbie, Dumfrieshire [listed, Scotland]
618 Stuckenduff Camp, Shandon, Dumbarton - base camp - [cf 230, 582]
618 Inveraray, Argyllshire [not listed 2003 report]
619 Beach Camp, Bangor, Caernarvonshire [not listed 2003 report]
619 / 620 N Camp, Donnington, Shropshire - [not listed 2003 report]      (cf 642)
621

Lower Wanborough, Swindon, Wiltshire [not listed 2003 report]

621 Hartigan's Training Stables, Ogbourne Maizey, Nr Marlborough, Wiltshire [not listed 2003 report]
622 Shapley House, Hartley Wintney, Basingstoke, Hants [not listed 2003 report]
623 C Hutted Camp, RAC Range, Worcop, Penrith, Cumberland [not listed 2003 report]
624 Ossemsley Manor, New Milton, Hampshire [SZ 227 969 / 5]
624 Shiphay Hutments, Torquay, Devon [not listed 2003 report]
625 Mistley AA Camp, Mistley, Mannintree, Essex [not listed 2003 report]
625 Patterton Camp, Thornliebank, Renfrewshire - [cf 566, 660]
626 Wilcott Camp, Nesscliffe, Shropshire - [cf 591]
626 A/TK Range, Harlech [not listed 2003 report]
627 Royal Wanstead School, Wanstead, London E11 - [cf 608]
628 Hutted Camp, Sutton Park, Potton, Bedfordshire [TL 220 490 / 4]
629 Broom Cottage Camp, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent [not listed 2003 report]
629 Mabledon Park, Tonbridge, Kent - standard camp [TQ 5948 4522 / 4; 2003 site occupied by school]
630 Kilverstone Hall, Thetford, Norfolk [TL 8912 8414 / 5]

*Lettersheet dated 13 January 1945 in Italian to Messina, Sicily.
631 Stadium Camp, Catterick, Yorkshire - [SE 1735 9732 / 4]    (cf 662, 664)
631 Seafield School, Cooden Down, Bexhill, Sussex [TQ 71 07 / 5]
632 Old Windmills Camp, Blackthorn, Arncot, Oxfordshire - Standard type - [cf 33, 610, 653]
632 Arena Road Camp, Tidworth, Hampshire - [cf 581]
633 Boughton Camp, New Ollerton, Nottinghamshire - [SK 683 679 / 4; 2003 industrial estate]     (cf 656)
633 Haig Lines, Crookham, Hampshire [SU 8127 5091 / 4]
634 Alvaston Camp, Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire - [SK 3786 3455 / 4]      (cf 1008)
634 Weston Camp, Weston-on-Trent, Derby, Derbyshire - [SK 3960 2818 / 3]      (cf 635)

Irregular plan of camp with wire perimeter fence.
635 Weston Camp, King's Newton, Derbyshire - [cf 634]
635 Lord Mayor's Camp, Amble, Northumberland (or 634?) [NU 2733 0427 / 4; 2003 caravan site]
636 Cowick Hall, Snaith, Yorkshire - [SE 6555 2120 / 4; 2003 restored parkland]      (cf 691)
637 Centenary Road, Goole, Yorkshire [SE 740 242 / 5]
638 Stratton Factory Camp, Swindon, Wiltshire - [SU 1703 8720 / 5]      (cf 674)
639 ?? Militia Camp, Maxley, Hantiagole ?? [not listed 2003 report]
640 ?? Dodds Camp, Csister, Norfolk ?? Caister?? [not listed 2003 report]
640 St Andrew's Hall, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire [listed, Scotland]
641 Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire - [cf 602]
641 Earls Cross House Camp, Dornoch, Sutherland [listed, Scotland]
642 N Camp, Donnington, Shropshire - [cf 619]
643 H.2 Camp, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire [not listed 2003 report]
643 Dorfold Hall Camp, Nantwich, Cheshire [SJ 6357 5250 / 5]
644 Hutted Camp, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, Bedfordshire - [cf 576]
645 Cruwys Camp, Tiverton, Devonshire - [not listed 2003 report]       (cf 669)
645 Quarr House, Sway, Lymington, Hampshire [SZ 2757 9787 / 5]
648 King Harry Ferry Camp, Trelissik, Truro, Devon [not listed 2003 report]
649 Swindon Hill Camp, Swindon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [not listed 2003 report]
650 Rufford Abbey, Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire - [cf 565]
651 South Camp, Donnington, Shropshire - [SJ 6971 1392 / 5]      (cf 659, 1004)
652 Durnells Farm Camp (Magazine Camp), Didcot, Berkshire - [SU 5136 9182 / 4; 2003 Didcot power station]     (cf 693)

Mentioned in 'Prisoners of England'.

653 Old Windmills Camp, Blackthorn, Arncot, Oxfordshire - Standard type - [cf 33, 610, 632]
654 Purfleet Camp (No 4 Transit Camp), Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex - [cf 286, 655]
654a R.E.Bridging Camp, Wouldham, Kent [TQ 7123 6527 / 4; 2003 footprint extant]
655 Purfleet Camp (No 1 Transit Camp), Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex - [cf 286, 654]
656 Boughton Camp, New Ollerton, Nottinghamshire - [cf 633]
657 No9 Tented Camp, Arncot, Oxfordshire [SP 61 21 / 5]
657 Donnington, Wellington, Shropshire [not listed 2003 report]
657 Shed D35, Graven Hill, Arncott, Bicester [SP 5948 2010 / 1]
658 Barn House Farm, Shipley, Surrey [TQ 127 216 / 4]
658 Hill Camp, Westbury, Wiltshire [ST 8726 5111 / 5]
659 South Camp, Donnington, Shropshire - [cf 651, 1004]
659 North Camp, Donnington, Shropshire [SJ 6971 1392 / 5]
660 Patterton Camp, Thornliebank, Renfrewshire - [cf 566, 625]

Red Cross Inspection report, November 1945 -
661a Eynsham Park, Eynsham, Oxfordshire [SP 395 123 / 5]
661 Leffnoll Camp, Cairnryan, Stranraer, Scotland [listed, Scotland]
662 Stadium Camp, Catterick, Yorkshire - [cf 631, 664]

663

Park House Camp "A", Shipton Bellinger, Tidworth, Hampshire - [cf 609]

 

Locations based around Park House Road, included the Old Vicarage, an old large house which bordered Parkhouse Rd, Bulford Rd and the High Street. Italian POWs remembered. Info from local website.

664 Stadium Camp, Catterick, Yorkshire - [cf 631, 662]

665

Cross Keys Camp, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset - [ST 200 265 / 4]     (cf 1022)

 

300 POWs. Italian then German.

665 South Littleton, Evesham, Worcestershire 9SP 0750 4624 / 5]

666

Stoberry Park, Wells, Somerset [ST 552 463 / 4]

 

Italian then German POWs

667 Byrness Camp, Redesdale, Northumberland [NT 779 013 / 2]
667 Stoneleigh Camp, Coventry, Warwickshire [SP 3430 7184 / 4]

Camp associated with military hospital.


*POW Postcard seen for Packington Park near Meriden - is this the same camp? Stoneleigh is quite away fro Packington, but Stonebridge is very close. Packington Park used as military hospital. December 1946 in German to Germany

668

Aliwell (Aliwal?) Barracks, North Tidworth, Hampshire [SU 2309 4938 / 5]

669 Cruwys Camp, Tiverton, Devonshire - [cf 645]
669 West Ridge Camp, Greenford, Middlesex [TQ 1368 8332 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]
670 St Radigunds Camp, Dover, Kent [no grid reference / 5]
670a St Martins Plain, Shorncliffe, Kent - [cf33]
670b Shaftesbury Camp, Dovercourt, Essex - [TM 2391 3020 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]     (cf 680)
671 Salisbury, Wiltshire [not listed 2003 report]
671 / 672 Popham Camp, Micheldever, Winchester, Hampshire [SU 5593 4371 / 5]

672

Fargo Camp, Larkhill, Wiltshire [SU 107 444 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]

673 Bridestowe, Okehampton, Devon [SX 514 885 / 4]
673 Home Park Camp, Plymouth, Devon [SX 4591 5655 / 4
674 Consols Mine Camp, Par, Cornwall [SX 072 532 / 4; 2003 The Mount Holiday Park]
674 / 675 Old Dean Common Camp, Camberley, Bagshot, Surrey - [SU 8849 6173 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]      (cf 1016)
674 Stratton Factory Camp, Swindon, Wiltshire - [cf 638]

675

Hiltingury Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire [SU 4289 1887 / 4; 2003 industrial area]

676

Puckride Camp, Fleet Road, Aldershot, Hampshire [SU 8491 1527 / 5]

 

Camp 599?

677 New Inn Camp, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [listed, Wales]
678 Fort Crosby, Hightown, Lancashire [SD 296 025 / 4]

*POW Postcard dated 6 February 1947 in German to Germany
679 083 Ordnance Supply Depot (OSD), Wem, Shropshire [SJ 523 294 / 4; 2003 farmland and housing]

Irregular shaped compound, 9 groups of 6 curved profile huts.
680 Harwich Transit Camp, Harwich, Essex - [not listed 2003 report]     (cf 740)
680 Shaftesbury Camp, Dovercourt, Essex - [cf 670b]
681 Kempton Park Racecourse, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex - [cf 9]

*POW Lettersheet dated 21 October 1945 written in German to Germany
681 Osterley Park Camp, Wyke Green, Isleworth, Middlesex - [cf 562]

*28 December 1946
681 / 682 Rockport Camp, Belfast, County Down - base camp - [cf 173]
682 Holywood, Belfast, Northern Ireland - [cf 14, 172]
683 Bolero Camp (Camp E30), Graven Hill, Bicester, Oxfordshire - [cf 552, 1011]
684 Hitcham Park, Burnham, Buckinghamshire - [cf 574]
685 No 3 Camp, Long Marston, Warwickshire - [cf 6, 578, 580]

*POW Postcard dated 10 November 1946 from German POW to Germany.
686 Moreton-on-Lugg, Hereford, Herefordshire [SO 5018 4601 / 4; 2003 housing and farmland]
687 Shotover House, Wheatley, Oxfordshire [SP 583 067 / 4; 2003 parkland and road widening]
688 Park Camp, Lulworth Cove, West Lulworth, Dorset [SY 846 820 / 4]
689 Blackmore Camp, Great Malvern, Worcester, Worcestershire [SO 7983 4353 / 3]
690 Thomas Street Camp, Selby, Yorkshire - [cf 601]
691 Cowick Hall, Snaith, Yorkshire - [cf 636]
692 No 4 Camp, Longtown, Carlisle, Cumberland [NY 37 68 / 5]
693 Durnells Farm Camp (Magazine Camp), Didcot, Berkshire - [cf 652]

693a

Whitchurch Camp, Newbury Road, Whitchurch, Hampshire [SU 4641 4872 / 3]

 

POW hostel.

694 Handy Cross Camp, Bideford, Devon [SS 4411 2587 / 4]
695 Borgard Barracks, Shrivenham, Wiltshire [SU 2546 9067 / 4; 2003 housing and vehicle park]

120 bell tents within irregular compound, watchtowers.

*POW Postcard dated 17 July 1946, in German to Germany - Postcard dated 2 May 1947 in German to Germany
696 Warwick Camp, Duranhill Road, Carlisle, Cumberland [NY 4278 5557 / 4; 200 industrial estate]
697 Royal Artillery Practice Camp, Sennybridge, Breconshire [listed, Wales]

*POW Postcard dated 2 September 1946 in German to Germany
698 Tollerton Camp, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire - [cf 169, 613]
699 Tyne J Camp, (Gosforth Camp), Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland [NZ 2560 5716 or NZ 2520 7191 / 5]
701 Sheffield Camp, Sheffield  [not listed 2003 report]

Report that an Italian POW was transferred here from Camp 17 in July 1944 until July 1946, [online-archaeology.co.uk]
702 Jurby, Isle of Man [listed, Isle of Man]
702 King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire [TL 006 972 / 5]

* POW Postcard January 1947 from German POW to Germany
730 Dover Camp, Dover, Kent  [not listed 2003 report]
740 Harwich Transit Camp, Harwich, Essex - [cf 680]
779 Walton Hall, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire [not listed 2003 report]
780 Milton Bridge Camp, Midlothian [not listed 2003 report]

*5 November 1945 to Italy
781 Marlborough Farm, Kineton, Warwickshire - [cf 579]
782 Huntercombe, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [not listed 2003 report]
783 Dinorben Court, Dinorben Avenue, Fleet, Aldershot [not listed 2003 report]
784 Thorndon Hall, Brentwood, Essex [not listed 2003 report]
785 AA Camp, Thrybergh, Rotherham, Yorkshire [not listed 2003 report]
793 Bulwell Hall, Nottingham [not listed 2003 report]
801 Castel Camp, Guernsey, Channel Islands - Base camp [listed, Guernsey]

Opened 9 May 1945, closed May 1946

802 Fort Regent, Jersey, Channel Islands - Base camp [listed, Jersey]

Opened 9 May 1945, closed May 1946

866 Stanhope Camp, Ashford, Kent [not listed 2003 report]

1000

Oakhanger Camp, Bordon, Hampshire [SU 789 356 / 5]

1001 Crookham Common Camp, Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire [SU 5271 6471 / 3]
1002 Hothfield Common, Ashford, Kent [not listed 2003 report]
1003 Capel House Camp, Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, Middlesex [TQ 3446 9962 / 5]
1004 No 1 Camp, Oaks Green, Sudbury, Derbyshire - [cf 23, 1023]
1004 South Camp (E Camp), Donnington, Shropshire - [cf 651, 659]
1005 Barby Camp, Willoughby, Rugby, Warwickshire [SP 5432 7039 / 5]

1006

Willems Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire [SU 8571 5098 / 5]

1007 No 14 Armoured Fighting Vehicle Depot, Burn, Selby, Yorkshire [SE 6002 2848 / 5]
1008 Alvaston Camp,(Allerton?)  Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire - [cf 634]
1009 Northway Camp, Ashchurch, Gloucestershire [SO 9301 3315 / 3]

Irregular perimeter with watch towers.
1010 Weedon Camp, Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire [SP 6259 5954 / 5]
1011 Camp D-30, Graven Hill, Bicester Garrison, Oxfordshire - [cf 552, 683]
1012 Canwick Camp, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [SK 9891 6949 / 4]

Pre-existing camp of Nissen huts.
1013 Deer Park Camp, Dalkeith, Midlothian - [listed, Scotland]        (cf 1024)
1014 Ordnance Storage Depot, Queen's Ferry, nr Chester, Flintshire [listed, Wales]
1015 Station Road, Tadcaster, Yorkshire [SE 4798 4323 / 5]
1016 Olddean Common, Camberley, Surrey - [cf 674]
1017 No 2 Camp, Sheffield Park, Uckfield, Sussex [TQ 4137 2414 / 5]
1018 Acksea Camp, Kinnerley, Oswestry, Shropshire - [cf 34]

1019

Beaumont Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire [SU / 4; demolished 1975 for housing]

1020 Shooter's Hill, Woolwich, London [TQ 4442 7643 / 4]
1021 Merley Park, Wimborne Minster, Dorset [SZ 0132 9830 / 5; 2003 bird garden and caravan site]
1022 Cross Keys Camp, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset - [cf 665]
1022 Bradninch Camp, Bradninch, Exeter, Devon [SS 9987 0395 / 5]
1023 Sudbury Camp, Oaks Green, Derbyshire - [cf 23, 1004]
1024 Deer Park Camp, Dalkeith, Midlothian - [cf 1013]
1025 Histon Camp, Milton Road, Histon, Cambridgeshire [TL 4566 6371 / 4]
1026 Raynes Park Camp, Bushey Road, Wimbledon, Surrey [TQ 230 687 / 5]

I have been informed that this was; 'located on the Robin Hood recreation ground, off Bushey Road, where originally the gun site and searchlights were during the war. People used to take pieces of old wood from the bomb sites and give it to the prisoners, who then made toys and other useful items out of these.' Unfortunately the message did not include a name for the contributor, but these were childhood memories.

1045 Dingwall Camp, Dingwall [not listed 2003 report]

Camps listed as American Transit Camps located in the UK (European Theatre of Operations)

ETO Name
1 Bourton Camp, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucester [Cf Camp 22 and 157 in the main listing]
2 Flaxley Green Camp, Flaxley Green, Rugeley, Staffordshire [Cf Camp 16 in the main listing]
3 Toft Hall Camp, Knutsford, Cheshire [Cf Camp 2 in the main listing]
4 Mile House Camp, Oswestry, Shropshire [Cf Camp 8 in the main listing]
5 Bun Camp, Doonfoot, Ayr, Scotland [Cf Camp 14 in the main listing]
5A Cunock Camp, Doonfoot, Ayr, Scotland
6 Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland [Cf Camp 18 in the main listing]
7 The Hayes Camp, Swanwick, Derbyshire [Cf Camp 13 in the main listing]
8 Burrow Camp, Butterwick, Yorkshire [Cf Camp 159 in the main listing]
8A Butterwick Camp, Butterwick, Yorkshire
8B North Buxton Camp, Butterwick, Yorkshire

Further entries with unknown status :-

a. From David Mowbray who lived about half a mile from RAF Winthorpe just north of Newark, Nottinghamshire on the road to Lincoln (A46). The RAF base began in the very early 1940s as a Fairey Battle station with some huts alongside the road. Later they vacated the huts for bigger and better accommodation on the east side of the airfield. the planes progressed from Wellingtons, thru Manchesters, Stirlings to Lancasters.
 
The original huts lay empty for a while but towards 1944/5 they were occupied by Italian Prisoners of War (or whatever their status was). We children used to call to them and knew the them as PoWs.

b. From Alan E Smith - "I lived in Hedon East Yorks during the War and there was an Army Camp at the bottom of Ketwell Lane,which was later used as a POW Camp.My recollection is that at various times it housed Italians,Germans and Russians captured serving with the German Army. My father had Italian and German prisoners working with him on Johnsons farm and I am in possession of a letter from an Italian prisoner ,written to him after the war ,thanking him for the kindness shown him during his imprisonment. I also believe that the Russian prisoners were later sent back to Russia and were dealt with harshly by Stalin.I think other camps in the Hedon area also housed POWs and would be worth you researching."


 

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