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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
101 Glandulas Camp, Newtown, Montgomeryshire [listed, Wales]

9 July 1946, Mr. Jack Lawson  (Secretary of State for War) answered a question in the House of Commons about the category of prisoners in this camp; "...On 15th June, 1946, this camp administered 853 German prisoners of war, of whom 527 were actually accommodated in the camp; only one of them is graded as an anti-Nazi, and 25 are known to have Nazi sympathies but are not 'activists'; a large number of these prisoners are not yet classified. Except in the case of ardent Nazis of a type who might cause trouble, it is not now the general practice to segregate prisoners of war. Reasonable amenities have been provided at this camp for all the prisoners."     HC Deb 09 July 1946 vol 425 cc223-4
102 Llanddarog Camp, Llanddarog, Carmarthenshire [listed, Wales]
103 Moota Camp, Cockermouth, Cumberland - standard type [NY 160 369 / 2; 2003 a hotel]

 Opened 1942 to accommodate just over 1000 prisoners. International Red Cross inspection - 28 June 1944. Became a camp for displaced persons in 1947.

104 Bela River Camp, Milnthorpe, Westmoreland [SD 49 81 / 5]

International Red Cross inspection - 3 June 1943 - Italian prisoners, capacity 750.
Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.

105

Inchdrewer House, Colinton Camp, Midlothian [listed, Scotland]

 

*POW lettersheet 6 April 1944 in Italian to Italy

105
Wooler Camp, Brewery Road, Wooler, Northumberland - standard type. [NT 998 279 / 4; 2003 site occupied by a school]
105 Hetton House Camp, Chatton, Wooler, Northumberland [NU 041 296 / 4]
106 Stamford Camp, Empingham Rd, Stamford, Lincolnshire - Standard camp - [cf.10]

On 19 September 1946, three German POWs - Ulrich Wolfs, Fritz Oeder and Joseph Schoensteiner, attempted to rescue two RAF officers from a blazing Mosquito aircraft after it had crashed near Wittering. Their gallant conduct was commended by the coroner and an early repatriation was arranged for the POWs.

*Letter to German prisoner in camp June / July 1946
107 Penleigh Camp, Wookey Hole, nr Wells, Somerset - standard camp [ST 537 463 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]

*POW lettersheet in German to Germany 1947
108 Thirkleby Camp, Little Thirkleby, Yorkshire - standard camp [SE 479 779 / 1; 2003 a pig farm]

Constructed 1943. 18 living huts. 1943 Commandant, Captain J.E.N.Scaife - 1944 change of Commandant to Lt.Col. T.McGreig. Italian POWs 1943-44, then German POWs 1944-48.
109 Brahan Castle (Estate), Dingwall, Ross-shire [listed, Scotland]

*POW lettersheet 22 October 1945 in Italian to Italy; 1946 POW Postcard in German to Germany
110 Stuartfield Camp, Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire [listed, Scotland]

International Red Cross inspection - 28 May 1943 - Italian prisoners, capacity 500.
*Letter 11 March 1947 to German POW in camp
111 Deer Park Camp, Monymusk, Aberdeenshire [listed, Scotland]

International Red Cross inspection - 28 May 1943 - Italian prisoners, states capacity is 750.

Initially the camp used as hostel for Polish and Eastern European displaced persons at the beginning of WW2. Later converted into a PoW Camp around 1942-43. Capacity up to 1700 men and covered an area of 25 acres opposite Monymusk School on what is now St Ninian's housing estate. More

*POW lettersheets 2 June 1943 - 22 October 1944 in Italian to Italy

112

Doonfoot (Bun) Camp, nr Ayr, Ayrshire - [not listed under this number in 2003 report, cf 14]

 

December 1944, 97 Italian POWs escaped by tunnel - all re-captured.

 

*POW lettersheet 5 September 1947 in German to Germany

112 Kingencleugh Camp, Mauchline, Ayrshire [listed, Scotland]

*POW lettersheet 19 July 1943 - 22 February 1944 in Italian to Italy
113 Holm Park Camp, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire [listed, Scotland]

*POW lettersheet 6 April 1946 in Italian to Milan.
114 Eden Vale Camp, Westbury, Wiltshire - standard camp [ST 863 503 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]

115

White Cross Camp, St Columb Major, Cornwall - standard camp [SW 889 597 / 3; 2003 caravan site]

 

Approx 12 acres. Italian, later German POWs. Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'. 

116 Mill Lane Camp, Hatfield Heath, Essex - standard camp [TL 518 156 / 2; 2003 egg packing factory]

Andy Heather has taken photographs of Camp 116 as it remains in January 2010 - his pictures can be seen at :  http://s855.photobucket.com/albums/ab118/thekatt/water%20tower/
117 Walderslade Camp, King George Street, Chatham, Kent [TQ 757 643 / 4]

Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.
118 Mardy Camp, nr Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [listed, Wales]
119 Pabo Hall Camp / Bryn Estyn, Llandudno Junction, Caernarvonshire [listed, Wales]

May 1944 Italian POWs
120 Sunlaws Camp, Kelso, Roxburghshire [listed, Scotland]

*POW Lettersheets 29 November 1943 and 29 November 1945 written in Italian to Italy and December 1947 to Germany

121

Scriven Hall Camp, Knaresborough, Yorkshire - [SE 343 583 / 4]      (cf 211)

121 Racecourse Camp, Ripon, Yorkshire [SE 328 470 / 4]

122

Hatch End Camp, (Oxhey Lane Camp), Hatch End, Middlesex - standard camp - [TQ 142 916 / 4; 2003 site occupied by sports centre]    (cf 274)

 

Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.

122 Rayners Lane, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex - [cf 11a]
122G Dancer's Hill, [St.Albans Road?] South Mimms, Hertfordshire - [cf 33]
123 Dalmahoy Dalmahey) Camp, Kirknewton, Midlothian [listed, Scotland]

*POW lettersheet 6 September 1944 in Italian to Italy

124

Bedminster Camp, (Ashton Gate Camp), Ashton Gate, Bristol, Gloucestershire [ST 58 71 / 5]

124 Wapley Camp, Yate, Bristol [ST 71 79 / 5]
125 Newlands House, Tooting Bec Road, London SW17 [TQ 43 81 / 5]

*
POW lettersheet 6 December 1945 in Italian to Sicily.
126 Mellands Camp, Sandfold Lane, Gorton, Lancashire [SJ 886 949 / 4]

*POW lettersheet 1947 in German to Germany
127 Potter's Hill, High Green, Sheffield, Yorkshire - [SK 33 97 / 5]    (cf 296)

Translation of Red Cross report dated 14 November 1945
128 Meesden, Buntingford, Hertfordshire [TL 43 32 / 5]
129
Ashford (Lodge) Camp, Halstead, Essex [TL 824 322 / 4]  

*POW Lettersheet 10 December 1945 in Italian to Italy.                                                                                                             In use late 1945 >

Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.

130 West Fen Militia Camp, Ely, Cambridgeshire - standard camp  [TL 533 809 / 4]     (26?)
131 Uplands Camp, Diss, Norfolk [TM 11 80 / 5]
132 Kimberley Park, Kimberley, Norfolk [TG 0935 0479 / 4]

Huts located by the drive.

*POW Lettersheet 16 September 1945 in Italian to Italy
132 Northwick Park Hospital, Blockley, Gloucestershire - [SP 168 365 / 1]     (cf 232)

The first US Medical Staff arrived 20 December 1943, more in 1944 - 327th Station Hospital. Status changed 1 June 1944 to American Red Cross Unit Hospital working under control of International Red Cross. Hospital closed during the third week of June 1945.

133 Hetton House Camp, Chatton, Alnwick, Northumberland [not listed in 2003 report]

*POW Lettersheet 6 March 1945 in Italian to Naples
134 Loxley Hall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [SK 061 321 / 1; 2003 used as school]
135 Stanbury House Camp, Spencer's Wood, Reading, Berkshire [SU 712 670 / 3]

136

High Hall Camp, Bishop Burton, Yorkshire [SE 985 401 / 4; 2003 agricultural college]

136a Welton House Camp, Brough, Yorkshire - [SE 960 271 / 4]      (cf 264)

Huts to east of house.

137

Chaddlewood House Camp, Plympton, Devon [SX 55 56 / 5]

 

Last prisoners to leave 7 May 1948

 

*POW postcard 1946 to Germany; lettersheet 12 October 1947 in German to Berlin

137 Hazledene (Elburton) Camp, Elburton, Plymstock, Devon [SX 53 52 / 5]
137b Winsford Towers Camp, Halwil, Beaworthy, Devon [SS 450 011 / 5]
138 The Rectory Camp, Bassingham, Lincolnshire - hostel [SK 912 598 / 5]
139 Wolviston Hall, Wolviston, Co.Durham - hostel [NZ 454 258 / 5]
139b Coxhoe Hall Camp, Coxhoe, C.Durham [NZ 322 357 / 5]
140 Racecourse Camp, Warwick, Warwickshire [SP 27 64 / 5]
141 Beeson House Camp, St Neots, Huntingdonshire [TL 190 625 / 5]

*POW postcard 1945 in Italian to Milan, Italy
142 Brockworth Court, Brockworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [not listed in 2003 report]
143 Serlby Hall Camp, Serlby, Blyth, Nottinghamshire [SK 634 893 / 5]
143 Carlton Hall, Carlton, Nottinghamshire [SK 590 842 / 5]
144 Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Surrey [TQ 196 771 / 4]

*POW lettersheet 16 July 1945 in Italian to Sicily
145 Normanhurst (Court) Camp, Battle, East Sussex [TQ 712 152 / 5]
146 Newton Camp, Kirkham, Lancashire - hostel [SD 448 310 / 4]
147 Boar's Head Camp, Walgherton, nr Nantwich, Cheshire [SJ 701 485 / 4]

Former heavy anti-aircraft battery.
148 Castlethorpe (Hall) Camp, Castlethorpe, Lincolnshire [SE 986 078 / 3]

39 huts on west and north boundaries of Castlethorpe Covert and adjacent to hardstanding north of Castlethorpe Hall.
149 Lee House, Romsey, Hants [not listed 2003 report]
150 Walpole Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge [not listed 2003 report]

151

Pendeford Hall, Codsall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [SJ 895 039 / 4]

151a Lawne Camp, Coven, Staffordshire [SJ 904 053 / 3]

*POW lettersheet April 1947 to Germany
151b Halfpenny Green, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [SO 823 910 / 2]
152 Old Liberal Club, Charnwood Road, Shepshed, Leicestershire [SK 47 19 / 5]

*POW postcard January 1946 in Italian to Italy
153 Fulney Park Camp, Spalding, Lincolnshire [TF 272 222 / 3; 2003 a market garden]

*1947 postcard to Germany
154 Ministry of Works Camp, Swanscombe Street, Swanscombe, Kent [TQ 605 739 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]
155 Hornby Hall Camp, High Street, Brougham, Cumberland [NY 573 293 / 3]

Originally tented, later in 1946 25 huts, mainly 18'6" Nissen huts.
156 The Heath Camp, Wellingore, Lincolnshire [SK 983 554 / 3]
157 Bourton Camp, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire - standard base camp - [cf 22]

Italian, then German POWs.

12 February 1946 - in the House of Commons Mr. Edelman asked the Secretary of State for War whether he would consult with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in order to expedite the repatriation and release of anti-Nazi German prisoners of war, formerly at Camp 7, Ascot, and then mainly at Camp 157, Bourton-on-Hill, "who gave useful political information and service to the prisoners-of-war programme of the B.B.C. and who could play a valuable part in the reconstruction of a democratic Germany."
Mr. Lawson replied that, "316 anti-Nazi prisoners of war from Camp 157, who were formerly at Camp 7, Ascot, were repatriated on 7th February. A further small number of prisoners of war who were at Camp 7 will be concentrated for repatriation in the near future. Others who are at present actively employed at this camp will be repatriated as soon as replacements can be found." HC Deb 12 February 1946 vol 419 c52W      [Oberon scheme?]

*1946 / 1947 lettersheets to Germany

158? None known
159 Butterwick Camp, Boythorpe, Yorkshire - [SE 995 719 / 4]       (cf 163)

Tented camp, double wire fence, watchtowers - "I did not count the number of the British guards; they should have been up to 30 or 40 soldiers. We were about 5000 PoW’s shared out to three cages numbered A, B, C, per 2000 of us in cage A and B, l000 in cage C." POW memories.

160 Military Hospital, Lydiard Park, Purton, Wiltshire - [SU 102 845 / 4]    (cf 289)

*POW lettersheets 10 March 1946 and 10 June 1946 in German to Germany
161 Belfast Military Hospital (Grangefield Camp), Belfast, County Down [listed, N Ireland]

Working from January 1945 to November 1945 for German pow patients. IRC Report from 8 November 1945.

*April / November 1945 POW Postcards from German POW to Germany
162 Military Hospital, Naburn, Yorkshire [SE 607 480 / 4; 2003 site occupied by retail outlet]

Received many severely under-nourished German soldiers after the end of the occupation of the Channel Islands.  Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.
163 Butterwick Camp, Boythorpe, Yorkshire - base camp - [cf 159]
164 Weston Lane Camp, Otley, Yorkshire - base camp - [SE 192 465 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]     (cf 245)

165

Watten Camp, Wick, Caithness - base camp [listed, Scotland]

 

Included hard-core Nazi POWs. Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'. International Red Cross Report November 1945. The camp closed for POWs in mid 1948.

*POW postcard to Germany April / September 1947

165 Kirkwall Camp, Orkney
166 Wollaton Park Camp, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - base camp [SK 529 393 / 4]

*POW lettersheet 11 March 1945 in German to Germany. Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.
167 Shady Lane Camp, Stoughton, Leicestershire - base camp [SK 627 024  / 5]

Mentioned briefly in 'Thresholds of Peace'.         *1944.

168

Glen Mill Camp, Oldham, Lancashire - [cf 2 and 176]

168 Brookmill Camp, Woodlands, Kirkham, Lancashire - base camp [SD 42 32 / 5]
169 Tollerton Hall Camp, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire - [SK 6153 3349 / 5; 2003 restored parkland]      (cf 613, 698)

*POW lettersheet 10 May 1946
170 Weelsby Camp, Grimsby, Lincolnshire - base camp - [TA 285 077 / 4; 2003 restored parkland]        (cf 292)

Circular plan within irregular perimeter fence with nine watchtowers.
171 Isle of Man Camp, Mereside Empire Terrace, Douglas - base camp [SC 38 75 / 5]
171 Camp A, Knowsley Park, Prescott, Lancashire - base camp [SJ 465 935 / 4]
171 Bungay Base Camp, Bungay, Suffolk [TM 325 866 / 4] Also known as Ditchingham Camp.
172 Dog and Duck Cottage, Norton-in-Malton, Yorkshire [SE 79 71 / 5]
172 Holywood Camp, Belfast, County Down - base camp - [cf 14, 682]
173 Rockport Camp, Belfast, County Down - base camp - [listed, N Ireland]     (cf 681)
174 Norton Park Camp, Cuckney, Nottinghamshire - base camp [SK 571 719 / 5]

Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.
175 Flaxley Green Camp, Stilecop Field, Rugeley, Staffordshire - Standard camp - [cf16]

*POW Lettersheet 1 December 1945 in Italian to Besana, Milan - POW Lettersheet ?/1946 in Italian to Italy
176 Glen Mill Camp, Oldham, Lancashire - [cf 2 and 168]
177 Warth Mills, Bury, Lancashire - [cf 8, 9 and 12a]

*POW lettersheet March 1945 in German to Germany
178
Ure Bank Camp, Ripon, Yorkshire - base camp - [SE 317 730 / 4; 2003 footings, paths etc exist]      (cf 247)

Picture from camp magazine >

101 huts. Mentioned in 'Prisoners of England'.

179

[The Hayes] Swanwick Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire - base camp - [cf 5, 13, 58, 297]

 

Details from IRC Report on Camp 179 - 26 February, 1945. Capacity: 2,250. Commandant: Lt. Col. R.C.G. Joy. Nationalities: German : 165 / Dutch : 110 / Czechoslovaks : 2 / Norwegian : 1x / Luxembourg : 1x / Jugoslavs : 13 / Total : 292 (2 Medical Officers, 1 Protestant chaplain, and 289 other ranks. Camp leader: Hauptfeldwebel TROSKA, Georg, A842722.

 

General description - "Camp 179 when last visited was No.5, and, before that, No.13. On my last visit... the "Hostel", a building with a capacity of 500, was used for the POW officers, and all the rest of the POW lived in tents surrounded by a morass of mud. During the winter, all POW were taken out of the tents and transferred to other camps, with the exception of the present number of POW who were retained for camp construction, etc., and are accommodated in the "Hostel". There are three POW to a room, palliasses plus two blankets and a head-roll serve as bedding"

 

"According to the Campleader, 80% of the POW are employed, the rest will get work in the near future, so that no man will be without funds. Rate of pay : 3/- a week. Working hours : 8. Employment : For a time on farms (where the farmers, at first sceptical, were in the end highly satisfied) and later, on camp construction.... A few POW receive mail often but all the rest, particularly the Dutch, are without news. Shortest time for a letter from Germany : 6 weeks; average time : 8 weeks. Parcels :

        a) 2 individual parcels from GRC were received on 30.1.45 and 2.2.45 respectively.

        b) 8 individual parcels were received on 30.1.45 (4) 8.2.45 (1) and 9.2.45 (3)  

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF CAMP : Very good."

 

At this time a further 2000 POW were expected.

 

Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.

180

Marbury Hall Camp, Northwich, Cheshire - base camp [SJ 561 449 / 5]       (cf 189)

 

Cage where Germans, Russians, Poles, Italians and Austrians were sent direct from Camp 9 for further sorting.

 

*POW lettersheet 1946 in German to Germany

180 Radwinter North Camp, Radwinter Manor, Walden Road, Radwinter, Essex - base camp [TL 596 375 / 4]

Base camp towards end of the war. Closed, then re-opened after a year in June 1946 as a Youth Camp for German POWs aged 18 to 26 to spend 3 months there. 542 young men were held at  the start, rising later to 1300. Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'. 

*POW Postcard 1947 in German to Germany
180 Trumpington Camp, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire - standard type - [cf 45]

POW camp during war. Later takes over from Radwinter Camp 180 as Youth Camp. Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'. 
181

Carburton, Worksop, Nottinghamshire - base camp - [SK 602 732 / 4]       (cf 249)

Large camp with huts, double wire perimeter fence, watchtowers. 1945 Commandant, Lieutenant-Colonel Ellison. Following an escape at Bridgend Camp 11, this camp changed from mainly German other ranks to high security camp for Nazi officers, (1,300 arriving 23 March 1945). Further details in 'Thresholds of Peace'

182 Barony Camp, Parkgate, Dumfries - base camp - [listed, Scotland]    (cf 298)
183 Quorn Camp, Wood Lane, Quorn, Leicestershire - base camp - [cf 9]

Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.
183 Beckton Marshes Camp, East Ham, London E6 [TQ 439 809 / 5]
184 Llanmartin, Magor, Monmouthshire - base camp [listed, Wales]

Used to hold other ranks up to August 1946, then officers mainly from Crewe Hall (191), Llanover Hall (200) and Lodge Moor (17) camps.

Mentioned in 'Prisoners of England' and in 'Thresholds of Peace'.

*POW lettersheet 19 October 1947 in German to Germany

185 Springhill Lodge Camp, Five Mile Drive, Blockley, Gloucestershire - base camp [SP 132 357 / 1]

Large camp with huts, roughly octagonal double wire fence, watchtowers. After war became centre for displaced persons.

186 Berechurch Hall Camp, Colchester, Essex - base camp [TL 994 217 / 3]

Also used as screening / interrogation centre and transit camp

*POW Postcard 27 March 1945 in German to Germany

187 Dungannon, County Tyrone [listed, N.Ireland]
187 Ivybridge Camp, Ivybridge, Devon - [SX 642 564 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing and schools]    (cf 404)
188 Johnstone Castle Camp, Johnstone, Renfrewshire - base camp [listed, Scotland]

*POW lettersheets 6 May 1946 and 2 December 1945 in German to Germany / POW Postcard in German to Germany September 1946

189

Dunham Park Camp, Altrincham, Cheshire - base camp [SJ 751 878 / 4; 2003 restored parkland]

 

*POW Postcard in German to Germany December 1945 / POW Postcard and Lettersheets 1946 in German to Germany

189 Marbury Hall, Northwich, Cheshire - [cf 180]

*Letter to a private in the Royal West Kents dated 1947
190 Lisanoure Camp, Loughgiel, Cloughmills, County Antrim - base camp [listed, N Ireland]
191 Crewe Hall, Stowford, Crewe, Cheshire - base camp [SJ 732 538 / 4; 2003 restored parkland and works]

1945 - 1,400 German officers. Mentioned in 'Prisoners of England' and 'Thresholds of Peace'.

*March 1946 letter to Camp Commandant / POW Postcard March and May 1946 to Germany

192 Adderley Hall, Adderley, Shropshire - base camp - [SJ 657 401 / 4]      (cf 240)
193 Madeley Tile Works Camp, Madeley, Cheshire - base camp [SJ 787 452 / 5]
193 Hampton Park, London [no grid reference / 5]
194 Teddesley Hall Camp, Penkridge, Staffordshire [SJ 947 157 / 4]
194 Council House Camp, Penkridge, Staffordshire [SJ 92 13 / 5]
195 Merevale Hall Camp, Atherstone, Warwickshire - base camp - [SP 299 980 / 4; 2003 restored parkland]          (cf 241)
196 Arbury Hall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire - base camp [SP 334 894 / 4; 2003 restored parkland]

*December 1946 POW lettersheet in German to Germany
197 The Mount Camp, Chepstow, Monmouthshire - base camp [listed, Wales]

*1946 lettersheet to Austria
198 Island Farm Camp, Bridgend, South Wales - base camp [listed, Wales]

Originally a camp for workers at the nearby Royal Ordnance Factory, then used by US troops. After D-Day, the camp was used to hold German POWs. Following a large scale escape from the camp it was shut down (March 1945) and the remaining prisoners sent to Camp 181. Redesignated as Special camp 11.

Very extensive history on - http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/

199 Ystrad Camp, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire - base camp [listed, Wales]
199 Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire [listed, Wales]
200 Llanover Park, Llanover, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire - base camp [listed, Wales]

1944 the site used by US Troops training for D-Day, (they were to land on Utah Beach). After D-Day the camp held German and Italian prisoners from 1944 until 1946/7 - officers remaining transferred to Llanmartin Camp 184. Mentioned in 'Prisoners of England'.

20 December 1946, Mr. Richard Stokes M.P. "asked the Secretary of State for War on whose instructions the camp commandant at the prisoner-of-war camp Llanover Park, Abergavenny, has decreed that no more parcels arriving in the camp addressed to prisoners will be delivered; and if he will have this order immediately reversed."
Mr. Frederick Bellenger M.P. replied that; "The Commandant at the camp in question, in refusing parcels addressed from this country to prisoners 453W of war, was acting correctly in accordance with existing instructions. Following the relaxation of restrictions on contact with the public which I announced recently, I have now decided that prisoners of war may receive parcels from relatives and friends in the United Kingdom. Instructions are also being issued that prisoners of war may write to, and receive letters from, members of the British public."    HC Deb 20 December 1946 vol 431 cc452-3W

*POW lettersheet 10 December 1946 in German to Germany

202 M.U. (Maintenance Unit) RAF Camp, Longparish, Hampshire [not listed, 2003 report]
204 Colchester, Essex [not listed 2003 report]

Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.
211 Scriven Hall Camp, Knaresborough, Yorkshire - base camp - [cf 121]
230 Stuckenduff Camp, Shandon, Dumbarton - base camp - [listed, Scotland]      (cf 582, 618)

*Letter 16 January 1947 from Germany to POW in camp
231 Redgrave Park Military Hospital, Diss, Suffolk [TM 054 773 / 4; 2003 some footings remain]

*POW lettersheets 16 September 1947 to 26 August 1948 in German to Germany. Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.

232 Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire [no grid reference / 5]
232 Military Hospital Northwick Park, Blockley, Gloucestershire - [cf 132]

Built 1943 as a US field hospital. Later designated as camp 232 under the International Red Cross. After the war it was abandoned until 1947-8 when it was used by the Polish Resettlement Corps.

233 Summer House, Ravensbourne, Kent [TQ 407 691 / 5; 2003 site occupied by a college]
233

Findo Gask Camp, Dunning, Perthshire [not listed 2003 report]

 

*POW lettersheet 10 September 1946 in German to Germany

234 Talgarth Military Hospital, Talgarth, Breconshire [listed, Wales]

235

Gorhambury Park, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [TL 110 076 / 5]

235 The Arches, Felden, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire TL 040 050 / 5]

*POW  Postcard from The Arches, numbered as camp '235/6' February 1947, in German to USA.

236

Ninewells Camp, Chirnside, Berwickshire [listed, Scotland]

236 White House, Church Hill, Loughton, Essex (or 237) [TQ 441 963 / 4; 2003 site occupied by housing]
237 Coed Bel Camp, Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, Kent [TQ 430 699 / 5]
238 Brook House, Hammingden Lane, Ardingly, Sussex [TQ 357 293 / 5]
239 Weston Acres Camp, Woodmansterne, Surrey TQ 265 585 or TQ 265 595 / 5]

Information received from John Havers - "Having been on the staff of 239 (G) POW Camp at Western Acres, Woodmansterne, Surrey from May 1946 to March 1948 - Western Acres was purely the HQ in a very large house plus a bungalow (our Sgts Mess) and a few Nissan huts. It comprised of a small number of POWs (cooks, drivers, accounts clerks, etc) plus British staff, but the majority were housed in what were called hostels situated throughout Surrey and Middlesex. These were tented, later hutted camps with up to 350 POWs, but some considerably smaller. Work gangs went out each day, mostly to building sites."

Further details about Camp 239 supplied by John Havers.

     
Nissen Huts for British & Germans -
Staff Sgts Woolcott & Sturgess Apr47
Western Acres, April 1947 239 HQ Addington
22 February 1948
Photographs kindly provided by John Havers - all copywrite belongs to him.

240

Adderley Hall, Adderley, Shropshire - [not listed 2003 report]       (cf 192)

240 Hawkstone Park, Weston, Shropshire - [SJ 567 288 / 4; 2003 golfcourse]         (cf 285)

*POW lettersheet 14 March 1948 in German to Germany
241 Merevale Hall Camp, Atherstone, Warwickshire - base camp - [cf 195]
242 Cowden Camp, Comrie, Perthshire [listed, Scotland]

Message from Peter R McNaughton : "Camp 242 was a supply camp in the Cowden, Dalginross, Comrie. Here materials were stored for use in the main Camp – Camp 21". Peter got to know one of the ex-POWs.

Translation of Red Cross Inspection report - 22 November 1945.

243 Amisfield Camp, Haddington, East Lothian [listed, Scotland]

244

Butterwick Camp, Malton, Yorkshire [SE 731 775 / 5]

244 Butcher Hill Camp, Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire [SE 257 377 / 5]

Mentioned in 'Thresholds of Peace'.
245 Weston Lane Camp, Otley, Yorkshire - [SE 192 465 / not graded; 2003 site occupied by housing]     (cf 164)

246

Basildon House, Pangbourne, Berkshire (SU 604 779 / 3; 2003 one hut and various footings remain].

246 North Camp (Working Mens' Club), Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [SU 7046 8675 / 4]
247 Ure Bank Camp, Ripon, Yorkshire - [cf 178]
248 New Drill Hall, Clay Cross, Derbyshire [SK 390 640 / 4; 2003 industrial estate]
248 Norton Camp, Cinderhill Lane, Norton, Yorkshire [SK 3625 8175 / 5]
249 Carburton, Worksop, Nottinghamshire - base camp - [cf 181]

250

Eden Camp, Malton, Yorkshire - standard type - [cf 83]

250 Thorpe Hall, Rudston, Yorkshire [TA 1051 6787 / 4; 2003 footings remain]

 

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