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UK POW Camps in WW2 by Gordon Wilkie
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List of POW Camps - Scotland

ABERDEENSHIRE
No Name Location
75 Northern Hill Camp Laurencekirk
76 Northern Hill Camp Laurencekirk
110 Stuartfield Mintlaw
111 Deer Park Farm Monymusk

ANGUS
No Name Location
66 Dundee ------
275 Friockheim ------

ARGYLL & BUTE
No Name Location
6 Glenbranter Camp ------
24 Knapdale Lochgilphead
230 Stuckenduff Camp Shandon, Helensburgh
582 Blairvadoch Camp Rhu

BORDER
No Name Location
120 Sunnylaws Camp Kelso
236 Ninewells Camp Chirnside, Duns

CITY OF EDINBURGH
No Name Location
12 Donaldson’s School W. Coates
15 Donaldson’s School W. Coates
105 Colinton Camp (GPC) Colinton

DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY
No Name Location
68 Halmuir Camp Lockerbie
113 Holm Park Camp Newton Stewart
182 Barony Camp ------
293 Carronbridge Camp Thornhill
298 Barony Camp ------
571 Leffnoll Camp Cairnryan
612 Honduras Camp Kirkpatrick Flemming
617 Dryffeholme Camp Lockerbie
640 St. Andrews' Hall, St. Mary's Isle Kirkcudbright
661 Stranraer ------

EAST AYRSHIRE
No Name Location
22 Pennylands Camp Cumnock
113 Kingendench Camp Mauchline

EAST LOTHIAN
No Name Location
16 Gosford Camps Aberlady, Longniddry(ⁱ)
243 Amisfield Camp Haddington

EAST RENFREWSHIRE
No Name Location
16 Patterton Camp Thornliebank

FALKIRK
No Name Location
64 Castlerankine Denny(ⁱⁱ)

FIFE
No Name Location
77 Ansmuir Camp Ladybank

HIGHLAND
No Name Location
109 Brahan Castle Dingwall
165 Watten Wick
641 Earls' Cross Camp Dornoch

MIDLOTHIAN
No Name Location
2 WoodhouseLee Camp Milton Bridge
1013 Dalkeith (PC) ------
1024 Deer Park Camp Dalkeith

MORAY
No Name Location
67 Sandyhillock Camp Craigellachie

ORKNEY
No Name Location
165 Kirkwall(ⁱⁱⁱ) ------

PERTH & KINROSS
No Name Location
3 Balhearty Estate Alyth
21 Comrie(^iv) ------
63 Balhearty Estate Alyth
66 Calvine Blair Atholl
242 Cowden Camp Comrie
274 Errol Airfield ------

RENFREWSHIRE
No Name Location
188 Johnstone Castle Johnstone

SOUTH AYRSHIRE
No Name Location
14 Bun Camp Doonfoot
112 Doonfoot ------

SOUTH LANARKSHIRE
No Name Location
19 Happenden Camp Douglas
62 The Moor Camp Thankerton
CHC Hampden Park Stadium Mount Florida, Glasgow

STIRLINGSHIRE
No Name Location
559 Abbeycraig Park Causewayhead

WEST LOTHIAN
No Name Location
123 Dalmahoy Camp Kirknewton

KEY
PC- Processing Camp
GPC- General Processing Camp
MH-Main Holding Camp
GH-General Holding Camp
CHC- Command Holding Cage

ⁱSome derelict huts may still exist.
ⁱⁱOne concrete ablutions hut remains at NS79186 81914
ⁱⁱⁱA single hut, converted into a chapel and decorated by Italian prisoners, survives.
^ivAlso known as Cowden Camp, this site survives as Cultybraggan Training Camp at NN7680 1980.
^vHut No. 9 survives as a visitor attraction.
^viNone of these camps were established until after the islands were liberated by the British Army in May 1945.
^viiPartly survives as a visitor attraction.
^viiiSurvives completely intact as a major visitor attraction.
^ixExact location uncertain.

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By richard griffiths @ Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:18 PM

Nice collection of information - I have a card from an italian POW with camp no 85 on it dated 1944 - any ideas ?

By Gordon @ Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:55 PM

Richard,
Thanks-glad you liked the article.
From what I can find, your card is from #85 Victoria Camp, Brandon Hall, Mildenhall. It's demolished now, but its site can still be seen at TL73087665.
It was classed as a standard type German working camp, having been previously used for Italians until the 1943 Armistice. Prisoner accommodation was of standard Ministry of War Production huts of pre-cast concrete panels, 18' 6" wide and 65' in length.

By Rob Whitfield @ Wednesday, December 27, 2006 4:43 PM

Gordon - You seem to know your way around the archive system, I wonder if you could possibly point me in the right direction.
I am trying to trace an Italian POW from a camp in Widnes. Would there be any records of the movement of POW's? Regards Rob

By Gordon @ Friday, December 29, 2006 9:30 PM

Rob,
Sorry about the delay, I've been away.
Probably the best place to start is at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RDLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=7 . That isn't the end of the story, but it should give you plenty of leads.
You can also try looking for records of the County War Agricultural Committees if you know roughly where your man was, or the records of the Ministry of Labour; although POWs weren't allowed to do "war work", that changed after the Armistice in 1943. Many also joined the British armed forces.
The government tried to bring Italian workers here postwar to replace those former prisoners being repatriated, but many men decided to stay. I don't know much about those particular records though.
As a last resort, you could always contact the Red Cross at www.icrc.org, and see what they can suggest.
Cheers, Gordon

By sylvia kendrick @ Friday, September 14, 2007 5:05 PM

Rob or Gordon, Trying to find information about an Army/Marines camp in Faringdon, Berkshire circa 1944. The camp was called Buttsclose camp, but I have received a message that it was also a POW camp. I have looked at your list for Berkshire and Oxfordshire as Faringdon is now part of Oxon. but it is not mentioned.
I am trying to establish which Regiment was based at the camp to track down a great uncle who was there in 1944.
regards, SylviaK

By Gordon @ Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:19 AM

Sylvia,
Apologies for not seeing this sooner. I'll see what I can turn up, but i might be worthwhile for you to look at the NA website (www.nas.gov.uk) and find a researcher to do a bit of delving for you. What you want to check are the weekly/monthly Returns on the Strength of the British Army 1939-47.
The early war years are kinda messy, but by 1944 there were so many troops in Britain that these returns were published under each individual regiment and show their dispositions worldwide.
You could also try reaching the Defence of Britain Project database through the main webpage.

By sarah kennell @ Sunday, March 23, 2008 7:58 PM

Hi, I'm trying to find out information on the Proteus Training Camp in Budby and it's uses during world war 2. My late Grandma always talked of my Grandad working there as a storeman in WW2, while it was used as a training camp, although i have heard from some people that it was a POW camp. Can anyone shed any light on this?
Thanks

By Euplio Mastrangelo @ Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:00 AM

Hello Gordon. This site was sent to me by a friend who has been helping me find info about my father's pow days. According to info from the red cross he was in camp 90 and camp 701 in the UK. I note that the camp numbers were sometimes changed. I did not see either of these camp numbers on the page I viewed. Can you comment. Thanks. Armando

By Gordon @ Monday, April 14, 2008 4:13 PM

Sarah,
I can't find much info on Budby at all. It may have been briefly used to hold prisoners 1945-47.

By Gordon @ Monday, April 14, 2008 4:37 PM

Hi Euplio.
Camp 90 at Friday Bridge is on both the list and the map, so you may just have overlooked it. It is now an agricultural hostel-
www.calor.co.uk/about-calor/press-room/calor-caters-for-camp-international-flavour.htm
As for Camp #701, it seems to have disappeared! I'm in the proces of updating the list as and when I get the time, so it will re-appear soon.
Please keep checking, and let me know how your search goes.

By Euplio Mastrangelo @ Thursday, April 17, 2008 12:23 AM

Thanks Gordon. I did overlook camp 90 on your list, but I had found it elsewhere and knew it was at Friday Bridge. I will keep checking your site.

By Thomas Pecorino @ Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:23 AM

Hello. I am looking for some help in tracking downinformation about a former German P.O.W, who after the war kept correspondance with my grandfather(a U.S. Army Guard) while he was still in the camp. I have his camp number (259 Weekley Kettering) and his name. and the date he was there. He was first in an American camp then shipped to England. I have no idea where to begin looking. Can someone point me in the right direction please...thanks so much for any help.

By Gordon @ Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:29 PM

Hi Thomas,
That's quite a task. As you probably know all PoWs were repatriated by 1948, but not all chose to go home. You could try writing to the local newspapers in Northants asking for information-
www2.northantsnews.com/splashpage/
If that doesn't work, this leaflet from the National Archives in London might give you a few pointers-
www.nationlarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=7
There are two WW2 forums you could try posting in too; someone might just know something-
www.ww2f.com
www.ww2talk.com
Let me know how you get on.

Regards,
Gordon

By Gordon @ Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:31 PM

Sorry, typo-
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=7

By LOUISE MILLER @ Friday, May 09, 2008 6:58 PM

Hello Gordon: I wonder if you might be able to help with a "missing persons" query. A woman in Poland is trying to find out what happened to her father. The family lost contact with him in 1947. His last known address was "Kiltarlity, Teznaeab Camp, by Beauly, Inverness". Do you have a record of any such camp, and any suggestions about how best to help her?

Thanks,

Louise

By Gordon @ Saturday, May 10, 2008 2:11 AM

Hi Louise,
It's not a subject I know much about myself, unfortunately, but leave it with me and I'll see what I can find.
The National Archives has a guide to the PRC- www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/guide/migrantancestors/polish.htm
There is also a website run by people whose parents were Polish DPs (Dislaced Persons)-
www.northwickparkpolishpdcamp.co.uk. They might be able to help further.
As I say, leave it with me and I'll post any info I can find here.

By ada pluda @ Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:00 AM

Hi Gordon,
I hope you, or any body else, can help me to find a description or photos of camp 48 Greenfield farm, Presteigne, where my late father was held from beginning of 1943 to May 1946. I remember my father telling us that they were taken to a forest(?) to cut trees. Was that a real farm? Or just a name for such place? I would be very grateful for any info.

By Gordon @ Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:55 AM

Hi Ada,
According to the Welsh National Monuments Record camp #48 was built in 1943 on land belonging to Capt Lewis RN of Clatterbrune House, Presteigne. It may have been a farm originally, but the camp has been demolished and the site is now a football ground, the home of Presteigne St. Andrews FC. (Llanandas Park, Llanandas being the Welsh name for Presteigne).
The town is surrounded by woods and forests, so your father could have literally worked anywhere in the area. You could try contacting Presteigne Tourist information office at info@judgeslodging.org.uk, they may be able to help with photos and more information.
Hope this helps.

By ada pluda @ Friday, June 13, 2008 7:14 PM

Hi Gordon,
Thank you very much. It did help! I will get in touch with the tourist office and see if they know more. My father was held before in camp #8 (from January to April 1943) but there are two camps with that number. Do you have any idea? Just a transit camp?

By Gordon @ Friday, June 13, 2008 11:29 PM

Hi Ada,
Camp #8 at Mile House, Oswestry was a base camp, or glorified transit camp, meaning they supplied working camps and hostels. The other camp #8 at Shifnal was a working camp. This is closer to Presteigne, but I would put my money on your father being in Oswestry first.
You mght get more info from the Oswestry Tourist Ofice at Mile End, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 4J.
Please let me know how your research goes.

By Gordon @ Friday, June 13, 2008 11:30 PM

Sorry, the full postcode is SY11 4JA.

By ada pluda @ Saturday, June 14, 2008 3:03 PM

Hi Gordon, thanks a lot for your help. It's just like a jigsaw where you have to find missing pieces....I'll let you know how it goes on.
Don't know if this is the right section but on what concerns Italian pows I would suggest to all those trying to find the camp(s) where their relatives were kept to have a look at http://www.icrc.org/eng/contact-archives
This was how I found all my father's records

By Virginia Kuzmicki @ Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:14 PM

To Louise Miller re Polish Camp in Kiltarlity.
I am originally from Kiltarlity and my father Adam Kuzmicki was a Polish DP.
Please let me know how I can help as I may be able to investigate locally.
Virginia Kuzmicki
virginia.kuzmicki@dial.pipex.com

By Virginia Kuzmicki @ Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:17 PM

Gordon, you may not have noticed you have a type in your url for the dp camp.

www.northwickparkpolishdpcamp.co.uk

By Gordon @ Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:14 PM

Thanks Virginia,
I completely missed that typo! Thanks for offering extra sources as well.

By freskin dundemore @ Saturday, September 20, 2008 3:44 PM

quite new to this site.Trying to find whether in fact the army camp that 16th Durham Light inf. set up in 1940 in the grounds of Morton Hall , Midlothian was ever used as a POW camp. Many of the concrete hut-bases are still there, although many have been built over. the Klondyke garden centre is built over part of the field, and the access road to Mortonhall Camping and caravan site cuts through part of it. It's only about 5 miles from \edinburgh City centre. Any ideas, anyone,please?

By Gordon @ Monday, September 22, 2008 2:40 AM

Freskin,
It was indeed a PoW camp, probably after D-Day. Immediately after the war it was also used as a Displaced persons camp.

By Gordon @ Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:03 PM

To Louise Miller-
I have now had information telling me that Kiltarlity camp was originally used by the Canadian Forestry Corps, then passed to the Polish Resettlement Corps postwar.
It was known as "Paterson's Camp" as it became a sawmill run a Polish gentleman who took his wife's surname. The ruins of the camp still exist.

By George Verhaere @ Saturday, October 04, 2008 12:57 PM

I am seeking information regarding my uncle Johannes Willemen, a Dutch Merchant Navy Officer, who acted as an intepreter for the British Prisoner of War Camps at either Thames Ditton or Weston Acres Camp Bandstead, 1943. Mainly used in New Malden Surrey.

By Sasha Jones @ Sunday, October 12, 2008 8:34 PM

Re: ada pluda

Did you have any luck finding info on Greenfield Farm?

By Daniel Johnson @ Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:37 PM

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone can help me?

I am trying to find any information about a POW camp that was in Creech Wood, Denmead, Hampshire after D-Day. This is near where I live and the remains are still there, yet this camp isn't mentioned on any records that I have found. The only mention of the camp is this from Wikipedia:

"In the run up to D-Day many American and Canadian troops, including U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, camped under the cover of local forests. Nearby Creech Wood also housed a prisoner of war camp, some remains of which can still be found in the undergrowth"

Can anyone help?

By Simon H @ Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:31 PM

There were many small camps that aren't listed. I know of two within 5 miles of my front door, one was former site of searchlight battery - then housed Italian PW, the other was a former barracks site taken over to house German PW.

By Gordon @ Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:05 PM

Simon,
It's a problem I keep coming across myself. If you have a list of camps, send them to me at the_historian@talk21.com, and I'll update the list when I get the chance.

By George Verhaere @ Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:15 PM

Gordon, did you get my question regarding Johan Willemen who was an Interpreter in a POW Camp?? I have not seen any reply on your site............George Verhaere

By Gordon @ Sunday, October 26, 2008 3:45 PM

George,
I've been delving as much as I can, but I can't seem to turn up anything on this particular man.
You might be better reading the guide to PoW records on this site and trying to obtain the camp diaries of the places he was employed. You might have more luck there.

By John Billingham @ Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:38 PM

Hi just a quick note for your records. Under Herefordshire POW camps you have Royston Heath Listed this is in fact in Hertfordshire not Herefordshire.
Also the location of the Ledbury POW camp in under the John Masefield School.

By Gordon @ Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:40 PM

Thanks for that, John! I'll try and sort the records out when I get the chance.

@ Monday, November 17, 2008 2:29 PM

Comments from the following blog entry: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/great-britain/16229-luftwaffe-pow-camp-blackheath.html#post157458

By anna wood @ Friday, December 26, 2008 4:44 AM

Hello Gordon,just trying to pick your brain,my dad was a German POW,do you have any idea of where I might obtain a list of POW`s names,who were held in Leeds?,
My mum met him in Leeds winter 46/47 digging out the ice from pavements,there were two POW camps in Leeds area,Post Hill,Farnly,I know that area, and Butcher Hill which I have no idea what area of Leeds it was in? unless you can help me with area,my mum and her sister both went out with the POW`s,and they lived in the Bramley area of Leeds,can you please offer me any clues?
Thank you so much

By Gordon @ Friday, December 26, 2008 2:19 PM

Hi Anna,
Your best bet would be to search the National Archives for the County War Agricultural Executive Committee files for Yorkshire.
These would contain details of requests for PoW labour from farmers in the various Ridings, the CWAEC replies & bills, and hopefully details of each individual prisoner sent.
If you can't actually manage to Kew, their site provides links to reputable researchers who will be able to obtain the files for you at reasonable cost.
Let me know how you get on.

By darren minshall @ Sunday, December 28, 2008 9:28 PM

does any one have pics or a plan of Flaxley Green pow camp in rugeley? theres a big field there, but often wondered its precise location and set up ect?

By anna wood @ Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:17 AM

Hello Gordon, anna here thank you so much for the advice about Kew,I am planning a trip up there as its only 30 mins by train and I have my discount rail and free bus pass ,I am an OAP and computer illiterate lol,so if I cant find anything I will take your advice and get someone a researcher who knows what they are doing,but thanks for your much appreciated help ,I will let you know if I have any success,thank you

By Amy Murphy @ Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:22 PM

Hi Gordon,

I am new to this site, so hope you won't mind me mailing you and asking for any assistance you can offer me.

My father was a German POW during WW2 and was held in 3 camps in the UK (Horncastle in Lincolshire, Scriven Hall, Knaresborough (in the West Riding of Yorkshire), and Ripon in Yorkshire) between 1946 - 1948 when he was released.

I am trying to obtain a list of the POWs held in these camps, to enable me 1) to confirm that my Dad was held there and 2) to identify which of the German Armed Forces he served with.

My Dad passed away in April of this year, and I knew almost nothing of his military service, and what I have discovered since his death, has been through many hours of research, but I now seem to have reached a wall - any info you can help me with would be great and I would be most grateful.

Thanks in advance G
Amy

By Gordon @ Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:21 PM

Hi Amy,
Can't do much more than reiterate my advice about the CWAEC records for Yorkshire, I'm afraid, although you could also try the local archives service.
You could also try contacting the Deutche Dienstelle (WASt), Postfache 51-06-7, D-13400, Berlin. They might have information on your father's service records.

By Mike Melnyk @ Friday, January 02, 2009 9:26 AM

Good Morning Gordon,

regarding the site of the POW camp at Mousehold Heath. The map you have is incorrect.
The actual site of the camp backed onto what is now HM Prison Know Road, Norwich.
The original army camp was built here and used to house prisoners in the late 1940'2 including Ukrainians from the 14 Galician Division of the Waffen-SS. As the prison expanded, the outlying existing builds - just outside the prison fence were used by the prison and the local city authority as storage facilities - for example I recall seeing props for the prison xmas production stored there. As a child I used to visit the site with my friends and collect spent bullet casings from the firing range (part of which still exisits). Over the years all by two of the buildings have been demolished. These 2 remaining buildings are visible on the sat pic about a mile away from the suggested site, at the end of Mons Avenue. Information about the site seems to be hard to come by - possibly because it is so close to the HMP site.

best wishes

Mike Melnyk

By Gordon @ Friday, January 02, 2009 7:18 PM

Thanks for that, Mike.
A lot of the original data was taken from the English Heritage PoW Camps 1939-48 Project, which didn't pretend to be completely comprehensive, so I'm always grateful for people pointing out errors in our lists.
I'm primarily concerned with locating all camps in Scotland, so I'm still way behind in both listing Welsh camps in greater detail, and updating the existing English and NI lists.
At some unspecified point in the future, I also want to do more research on PoW employment.....but that's at the bottom of a VERY long list!

By Adam Talmey @ Monday, January 05, 2009 4:36 PM

Gordon

I have seen two large concrete blocks (they look as if they indicated a gateway into a field across a small ditch), one has been written in when made.
POW camp 262 1947
After a number of years of walking the dog past this, I have, at last done somthing about it.
I have looked on your listing and this would indicate Langar Barnstone camp 262 I guess.
The thing is these blocks are situated in farmland in Eastwood Nottinghamshire, approx 25miles away from Barnstaone.
Can you shed any light?
I will photograph should you wish for your records
Your work has been very helpful
Kind Regards

Adam Talmey

By Gordon @ Monday, January 05, 2009 9:38 PM

Adam,
I would certainly be interested in photos of the blocks, and in particular the inscriptions.
I can only guess that someone decided to liberate the blocks, either for sentimental reasons or just spur of the moment because they "might come in handy"!

By Theodore Dengel @ Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:09 AM

Hello Gordon,
I have spent 2 years at the North Mundham PoW Camp, nr.Chichester. There were over 500 men there during 46/47 - all working on the land.
The Commandant was Captain Brill, an extraordinary officer, whose leadership resulted in relaxed and friendly conditions in the Camp.
There is a lot to tell - but I cannot find any reference anywhere on the web to this camp - which seems a pity (it was nominally a satellite of the dour place Billingshurst - No.46).
Do you know why there are no public records?
Theo Dengel

By Gordon @ Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:25 AM

Hi Theodore,
If you go to the article entitled "A Guide to PoW Records" it should give you an idea of where to look for the camp's official war diary at Kew. I think they would be in the WO (War Office) series, but I would be guessing at the exact file number I'm afraid.
It may just be the case that the camp isn't well known enough to inspire a website/book on the subject.
Have you tried the local council archives to see if they have info? It might be worth a try.
I would be interested in recording your memories for my own records, if that's ok with you?

By Gordon @ Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:31 AM

Theodore,
Camp diaries can be found in the following files-
WO199/404-409
WO177/1833-1855
You might also find some info in the Prisoner of War Information Bureau files in WO307

By dawn smith @ Friday, March 06, 2009 4:04 PM

Hi, Gordon and Theo, i wonder if you can help me, my grandmother had a relationship with a man at the North Mundon POW camp in 1948, my mother was born in 1949, all we can find out is that his 1st name was Joseph and he was yugoslavian, i have tried the national archives for any information but have been unsucessful, i would desperatly like to know more about him and who he was, all my grandmothers sisters said was that he was a very good looking man and that he had an eye for the ladies, my grandmother wont talk about it at all, and as Theo was at the camp im wondering if he may have known him or known of him....I know its a long shot but i cant get any list of the detainees anywhere....please can anyone help me and my mother find out where we come from...Many thanks

By Theodore Dengel @ Saturday, March 07, 2009 4:50 PM

Attn Dawn Smith:
Re Your enquiry how to trace your grandfather.
I'm afraid I can't help a lot. You mention a camp near N. Mundon: I believe that's in Essex. I have no idea whether there was a PoW Camp there.
I was the labour organiser at North Mundham, near Chichester in West Sussex. To the best of my knowledge there were no Yugoslav PoWs in the UK. But at North Mundham several hundred arrived in the autumn of 1948 and they stayed there until the autumn 1949. The Yogoslavs were
regarded as DPs ( Displaced Persons) They had fought alongside the German armies during WWII
and after the end of the war they would have been shot by Titos people as traitors, had they returned to their counrty. Hence many thousands were held in camps in Austria &
Germany; pending their relocation; but they were not treated as Prisoners of War by the British or the Americans. When a contingent arrived at North Mundham, they were given jobs on farms in the coastal area of West Sussex; they had to register with the Police as "Aliens" -and if they wanted to leave the area & move elsewhere, they had to report at the Police station in Chichester. As far as I can remember, most of these men tried to obtain visas to emigrate to Canada, Australia or South America.
Very few stayed on in England.
Has your mother not got her birth certificate?
That ought to show the father's surname. Josepf is the anglicised version if his native Christian name: Josip, and I suspect that would have been the name on your grandfather's idendity card.
If your grandfather's name is shown on your mother's birth certificate, you might find out more from the national archives at Kew in the police records of 1948/50. If you can't trace his surname, I doubt whether you can find out any more information. I personally, did not make friends with any of these chaps and I don't remember any individuals.
Sorry I can't be more helpful. Theo

By Gordon @ Saturday, March 07, 2009 7:10 PM

Dawn,
I can't do any better than the info that Theo has given you. I can't find any info on Yugoslav PoWs or the camp, and I have nothing at all on DP camps.
You could try writing an open letter to the local paper in North Mundham to see if it jogs memories, and contact the local council archives.
Sorry we couldn't help more.

By Gordon @ Saturday, March 07, 2009 7:17 PM

By Georg Sieffert @ Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:27 AM

Hi Gordon and Theo,
my father was a german pow between 46 and 48 in camp 108 in thirkleby, thirsk. Now he (84 years) is willing to come to yorkshire. So he and his 3 sons (I'm one of them) will look for his past as pow at the end of April. Our problem is that he can't remember the farms were he was working but it was around "east witton". Do you have an idear how we can find out on witch farms he was working?
Best Regards - Georg

By Gordon @ Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:06 PM

Hi Georg,
I had a look at a 1914 map of East Witton at http://www.old-maps.co.uk/indexmappage2.aspx
Unfortunately the 1929 and 1938 maps of the area are incomplete.
There are 3 farms currently listed-
Fleets farm
Lowthorpe Farm
East Wiitton
But there may have been more there during the war.
This will give you some more info on the village-
http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/east-witton_conservation_area_character_appraisal_27-11-01_with_map.pdf
I don't know if you would be interested, but Eden Camp in Yorkshire is a former PoW camp which has been turned into a museum-
http://www.edencamp.co.uk
If your father would like to share his memories with me for my research, I would be extremely grateful. If he finds the idea too painful, I completely understand, but otherwise you can contact me at:
the_historian@talk21.com
I hope ll this is useful to you, and that you and your father enjoy your visit.

By Georg Sieffert @ Friday, March 20, 2009 9:33 PM

Hi Gordon,

I'll meet my father next week and talk to him.
You will get an answer asap. Thanks for your help so far.
Best Regards - Georg

By Iain Banks @ Monday, March 23, 2009 1:54 PM

Can anyone help me with information about Patterton Camp near Thornliebank, Glasgow? There is apparently a story that the camp was built as an ANZAC camp in WWI, which explains why it was relatively luxurious. Is this true? Does anyone know anything about its construction?

By Gordon @ Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:06 PM

Hi Ronnie,
Can't tell you much about this camp unfortunately.
It's listed as World War II Prisoner-of-war camp 660, though this refers to a German Working Company rather than the camp. The camp housed both Italian and German prisoners. Following the war the camp was occupied by the Polish Resettlement Corps until 1949, the buildings remaining intact until at least 1960. Surviving remains include up to 71 hut bases in 2007, many badly damaged by tree growth and one or two other unidentified structures. Camp occupied by squatters from time to time until the buildings were removed in 1960.
With regards to the ANZAC camp, you might try posting a query on http://www.1914-1918.net, or contact the Scottish Military History Society.

By Gordon @ Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:09 PM

I beg your pardon Iain! iI appear to have changed your name by deed poll-my apologies!

By Kristin Richardson @ Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:00 PM

Hi All!

I have joined this forum because I want to establish where my German grandfather was POW in England. I have contacted the Red Cross in Switzerland, but still can't make out where exactly he was located.
I am hoping someone in this forum might be able to point me in the right direction.

My grandfather was POW at camp 296 which has apparently 3 locations near Sheffield(1-Potter's Hill, High Green; 2-Ravensfield Park Camp, Rotherham; 3-Racecourse Doncaster). I can not establish which one of the three he was at... The only thing I have that may help to identify his location is a different POW camp number "2375" (Camp 6).

If anyone can help, I would much appreciate it.

Thank you!

Best Regards,
Kristin

By Gordon @ Friday, March 27, 2009 5:32 PM

Kristin-
It's important to remember that not all of those camps would have been numbered #296 at the same time.
Doncaster racecourse was a base camp; this was in effect a holding camp, where men would have been moved to other work camps/farms as required.
All the other camps you mentioned were work camps, or satellites. What makes it even more confusing is that there was also a work camp (#296a) at Doncaster race course itself!
We know he was in that general area, but do you have any other info that might help tie it down to a particular camp/location?

By Kristin Richardson @ Friday, March 27, 2009 8:07 PM

Hi Gordon,

Thank you for answering so promptly! My grandfather's name was Martin Boernge (born 14/12/1910), his POW number was 660925. Yes, he was at a German working camp (No. 296 as mentioned). I have got his dictionary, that's where the information originates from, and this dictionary is officially signed by someone called "Gordon T R S...lly" (I can't read the last name properly). He was stationed at this camp from March 1945 to May 1948.

I also have a copy of "Form for personal peculiars" which is stamped what seems to be referred to as camp "AR9072", "2375 POW Camp".

On another piece of information from the Red Cross it reads "Internment Camp or Hospital No. 6". His unit is there quoted as "Wachtmeister, 6./II./Flakregiment 21". His service number is quoted as "58, Flak.reg. 133".

Maybe you will understand what some of that means.

Thank you soo much for your help.

Best Wishes,
Kristin

By Gordon @ Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:32 PM

Hi Kristen-
I can decipher some of that. I'm not too well up on German military terms, but "Wachtmeister" was the rank of Sergeant-Major, who would have been the senior Non-Commissioned Officer in an artillery battery. The numbers varied, but a battery was usually four guns.
"Flak" (Flieger Abwehr Kanone) meant anti-aircraft artillery- and apologies for the poor German grammar. The digits at the end of his serial number are the regiment/s he was attached to. If you Google his regiments you might find out where and when he was captured, as well as what kind of guns they used.
There were light flak regiments with 20mm cannon, medium regiments with 88mm guns, and heavy regiment with larger calibre guns. The latter were usually stationed in flakturm in cities.
I'll have to look the rest of it up for you, but I hope that's given you a few clues.

By Gordon @ Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:39 PM

Ok,
Found these snippets on both Flak regiments.
http://www.ww2.dk/ground/flak/flargt21.html
http://www.ww2.dk/ground/flak/flargt133.html
They might give you a better perspective.

By Gordon @ Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:49 PM

Kristen-
Camp 2375 seems to have been an Allied camp at Zedelghem in Belgium. I found this snippet on it-
http://www.latvians.com/en/Exile/Zedelgem/envelope-ZB.php
Haven't turned up anything on the rest of it yet though.

By Joseph` Ritson @ Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:11 PM

I have been researching some events and people who were at the Displaced Persons YMCA Hostel at Moota (situated between Aspatria and Cockermouth, Cumberland). The primary purpose is to remember two DPs from Eastern Europe who died while living at the Hostel in 1947. I am also going to write an article about these two gentlemen for the 2ndWW Blog so they are remembered.

Does anyone have any personal information they could share about the camp during this period please? The site was constructed in 1942 as Moota POW Camp (POW Camp No 103). Between 1942 and early 1944 the POWs were mainly Italians. From 1944 to some time in 1946 they were mainly German POWs. Many of the POWs worked at local farms trhoughout North ans West Cumberland. One of the German POWs worked at a farm across the road from my granparents' home.

After the Germans were repatriated it seems Moota Camp became a YMCA Hostel for Displaced Persons from Eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic countries). Mainly, I think these fellows had been offered the opportunity to work on local farms as volunteers but under set contractual terms. This seemed to happen between 1947 and 1950, and it is this period I am concentrating on at this particular time.

As is often the case with research of this nature, there are little snippets in various places, such as the County and National Archives etc. Perhaps someone has a personal or family connection with the Hostel between 1947 and 1950 who would be prepared to share something about what happened during this period?

By Gordon @ Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:35 PM

Hi Joseph,
Sounds a worthwhile project.
You could also try the following websites-
http://www.ww2f.com
http://www.ww2talk.com
There's also the BBC's People's War website which is now closed, but might have some useful things.
Have you read "Moota Camp 103" by Gloria Edwards? If not, I have a copy and Ill see what I can turn up.

By Richard Ashton @ Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:56 AM

Hello Gordon,

What a mammoth task you've taken on!

I have some conflicting information for you, which I'll set out as concisely as I can.

I was 10 in 1945 when mother and I were allowed back into the UK, having been kicked off the steamer at Cape Town in (I think) 1941.

My father retired in the very early fifties... Colonel - or maybe Lieutenant-Colonel John Forbes Ashton, of the Border Regiment (depot at Carlisle). His penultimate command was 258 Working POW camp at Seething Airfield. Mother and I lived on camp with him except when I was away at boarding school. I remember the very cold winter of whatever year, and the men were unable to work part of the time because of the weather. Considerable part of their agricultural work was with sugar-beet.

Now for the conflicting info. I have seen online two different locations for 186 Base Camp.

I can assure you when dad commanded it, it was at Fornham Park, a couple of miles north of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. He retired from there.

I have a personal memory of being taught as maybe a 14yo how to thread 35mm acetate film on to movie projectors inthe camp theatre that was there, one film being "Of Mice and Men", hardly appropriate for a young lad :)

Dad retired from there and mother and he went to live in Beyton, 5 miles to the east of Bury on the A45. I am absolutely certain of the camp number and its location.

On a visit to the UK in 1990 from Australia where I now live, my Australian wife and I visited Fornham Park. It appears to have been abandoned ever since the war, though some evidence of huts having been there remain.

I hope you may be able to clarify the points I have made.

Richard Ashton.
Adelaide, South Australia

By Gordon @ Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:38 PM

Hi Richard,
Thanks for the info. Camp numbers varied over time, and obviously they weren't all in use at the same time. Some numbers became dormant when camps closed, and were then re-issued when a new one opened. It can be incredibly confusing!
At least you've helped to identify one particular camp at a particular period, which is always the hard part part, so thanks for that.

By David Addy @ Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:23 PM

Hi Richard Ashton,
I have been trying to find out about the camp at Fornham St Genevieve for some time. It seems to have been an army camp during the war, but at some late point it was designated as a POW camp, or maybe a transit camp for prisoners on their way back to Germany.
I have an envelope dated 9.5.48 postmarked POW Camp No 186 Great Britain, with a handwritten note saying POW mail Postage free. On the back is a note of the sender. It says Burchet 186 PW camp Fornham Park nr Bury St Edmunds Suffolk GB.
This all supports what you say, and clearly the number 186 has been re-used or duplicated.
I would like to hear any further details you can remember about the camp. EG how many POWs, what soldiers guarded it and any dates you may be able to fix.
There does not seem to be any local knowledge of this camp as far as I can ascertain here. Everyone remembers the local POW camp being at Hardwick Heath in Bury St Edmunds, and Fornham Park being for tank training etc, but clearly its use changed possibly after hostilities ended.
Best wishes,
David Addy

By Lia Borrotzu @ Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:49 PM

I have many pieces of artisan work made by Italians who were interned in enemy alien camps. My grandfather always told me that he had avoided being interned because he 'knew' the local policeman. Also my father told me that many of his side of the family were not only interned but had much of their property confiscated - by this I mean buildings, land etc. These were not returned after the war. Would like to know more about confiscation etc.

By Ralph Koenker @ Monday, July 13, 2009 9:00 AM

My father has a pow card from "No 99 Prisoners of War Hospital, Shugborough Park, Great Haywood"
can you tell me if any of the buildings still exist ?

By Gordon @ Friday, July 17, 2009 6:33 PM

Not that I'm aware of Ralph, but I'll pleased for someone to prove me wrong!

By maria townsend @ Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:58 PM

Re: resetlement camp in Aylesbury, Bucks.
My Polish father was in Aylesbury after the war. I was always under the impression that he was at Bicester, but my sister thinks it was in Aylesbury. Does anyone know the nearest camp to Aylesbury or Bicester, or anyone that was in these camps?

By Gordon @ Sunday, August 02, 2009 2:33 AM

Maria-
I would try this website before anything else:
http://www.feldgrau.com
If that doesn't work, go to the article on a guide to PoW records in this forum, and write to the German Bundesarchiv.
Hope this helps.

By Gordon @ Sunday, August 02, 2009 2:34 AM

sorry-ignore that last post. Wrong article!

By martin newman @ Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:11 AM

hi, my dad was in a camp near ely, cambs.
............?wood(s) farm. at the latter part and after the war. he died in 1976 when i was 12. not much info about that part of his life. he lied about his age to get away from hitler youth heavies. he was eukrainian. ended up waffen-ss conscript.
then at ely. do not know how. but finding evidence of the camp is a start if any info is available.could anyone help me please?
martin

By Gordon @ Friday, August 28, 2009 1:22 AM

Hi Martin,
Welcome to the forums.
I can't a find a camp of that name near Ely, just these two;
26 Barton Field Camp
130 West Fen Militia
Could be that prisoners from one camp worked on that farm. Both camps are completely gone now, unfortunately.
If you go follow this link-
http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/Contribute/ArchaeologyArticles/tabid/85/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/22/Default.aspx
it will hopefully give you a few starting points for further research.
Sorry I couldn't be more help.

By Alasdair Cameron @ Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:49 PM

To Louise Miller & Virginia Kuzmick
The camp at Kiltarlity was known as "Lovat No1 Teanacoil" and was one of three Canadian Timber Corps camps in the area before it became a POW camp.

By suzanne magrey @ Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:01 AM

looking for my sisters father,Canadian Soldier Frank Kelly ww2 based at Blair Atholl Forestry
Cashier Payroll Officer, any info would be very much appreciated.

By Helen Cullum @ Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:09 AM

Hello

I am trying to trace two Italian brothers who were Italian POWs are known to have worked on a farm near Welford in Northamptonshire during 1945. I know very little about them other than their christian names - Victorio and Umberto. Where is the best place to start in finding which camp they may have been placed at and identifying their surname? Were POWs placed on farms in the same county as their encampment or could they have been placed in an adjoining county based on proximity to the nearest camp? Are the County War Agricultural records likely to list names? Sorry - so many questions!

Thanks

By Gordon @ Sunday, November 01, 2009 5:15 PM

Hi Helen,
Prisoners were usually - but not always- allocated work in the same county as their camp, as work was controlled by the local County Agricultural Executive Committee.
Having said that, if there was a labour shortage in a neighbouring county, there were instances of them being transferred to another camp.
As you probably know, this is very much an ongoing project of mine.
The CWAEC records might list the names you want, but it's unlikely. What you might be better doing is contacting your local council archives and trawling the wartime records there.
Sorry I couldn't help more.

By Helen Forbes @ Monday, November 02, 2009 4:34 PM

Hi Gordon

Really interested to see all the work you've been doing, and amazed at how many leads you've been able to uncover for people doing this kind of research. On this basis I'd like to pick your brains - I hope you don't mind!...

I am trying to trace what happened to my grandfather who was a German POW. We know quite a bit from doing our own research, but we have a significant gap in knowledge around what happened between his arriving at Milford Haven and ending up at the family farm in North Wales (near Llanrwst), and then what date he went back to Germany and how.

We can only assume he would have been sent at some point to Pabo Hall, and from there to the farm. We know from family in the area that there was at least one POW hostel in Llanrwst (they refer to it as a camp, but it must have been a satellite hostel). I know very little about PAbo Hall, how many were held there, how they ended up on the farms, when they were repatriated etc, or how they got to Pabo Hall in the first place...

We know he arrived in Milford Haven on 12th April 1943, on HMS Adventure, having been captured whilst a passenger on Irene (previously called Silvaplana). We know he left the UK some time in early 1947. And obviously we know exactly where he worked!

If you have any ideas about any further leads to fill the gap I would be very grateful, as it would help us to further substantiate that we are pursuing the correct line of enquiry.

Many thanks.

Helen

By Gordon @ Monday, November 02, 2009 7:10 PM

Hi Helen,
Not sure I can help much, but here goes.
On arrival he would have been taken to Abergavenny General Processing Centre, where his military unit and political status would have been noted, before he got his PoW classification. He would then have been sent to one of two main holding camps in Wales,
Abergwili or Talgarth.
As circumstances required, he would have transferred to a work camp, which is what Pabo Hall is recorded as being. When work placements were sent to the camp by the County War Agricultural Executive Committee, he would have been sent to the farm (or possibly another place of work).
If you can get to the National Archives, the CWAEC records might have info. Failing thta, try the local council archives and trawl through the nearest burgh/county council records for the war years. These MIGHT turn up PoW billets that you might not have heard of.
Sorry I couldn't be more help, but please do let me know how you get on.

By Helen Forbes @ Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:23 PM

Hi Gordon

Wow - you really are a mine of information!! That is all really useful - thank you.

I will certainly keep you posted on my progress with this research. My latest find is that the IWM have some film footage of the scuttling of the ship he was on, and the lifeboats of the Germans approaching, so I have ordered that to have a look at. It's amazing what you can find when you start looking, as well as frustrating how long it can take.

Thank you for such a prompt reply.

By roy ainscough @ Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:47 PM

Gordon? I have just discovered your website which gives me hope that at long last I might trace my sister in law's putative Italian father who was an Italian POW what I now can identify as camp 50 at Garswood Park Ahton in Makerfield .Pleas oh please can you direct me to the location of any camp records .Are these at Kew. Eagerly awaiting your reply
Roy Ainscough

By Gordon @ Wednesday, December 02, 2009 4:53 PM

Hi Roy,
You might find the camp's records through Kew in the following files-
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=7&j=1#7. Failing that, try your local council archives for any information.

By Sonja Hoxey @ Friday, December 04, 2009 2:19 PM

I have just found this site and the discussion on this site that took place from Jan - Mar 2009 is of great interest to me and my father. My Dad was one of those German POW at the North Mundham PoW Camp, nr.Chichester. He was there from 1946 to 1948. Dad recalls both
The Commandant Captain Brill, Theo Dengel and others. Some years ago Dad participated in a study by the Imperial War Museum recording POW experiences and he retains a key interest in wartime memories. I am currently helping Dad with his research. Although he is now 83, Dad remembers the time well so I am also trying to persuade him to write a structured account of his memories so that we have a permanent record. Dad is also keen to make contact with others with memories of the camp too.

Please contact me if you can help us or think we might be able to help you.

Sonja

By Mary Nolan @ Friday, December 11, 2009 6:05 PM

Hi Would anyone know where I could find a list of British regiments involved in POW camps in Scotland? My grandfather was there but we are not sure of his regiment, but it is something along the lines of the Queen's Own Regiment. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

By Gordon @ Saturday, December 12, 2009 5:52 PM

Hi Mary,
Welcome to the forums.
At a rough guess, how about the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders?
Best place for that sort of info is the series of files relating to the Adjutant-General's Dept, namely WO73 (Monthly returns for the distribution of the Army), WO32, and WO365.
If you go to the National Archives' website at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, you'll be able to enter those terms in the search engine and hopefully find the exact one you're looking for.

By Ivan Webb @ Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:44 AM

Can you please tell me any info about Allington camp 51, my father was a German pow. is it possible to find his home town in Germany? any help please. Ivan

By Anonymous User @ Monday, December 21, 2009 5:23 PM

Hi Ivan-
This link should give you a few clues about your father's place of enlistment and service records-
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=7&j=1
Allington camp #51 was a working camp near Grantham ,Lincolnshire, and has now been replaced by housing. Prisoners would probably have worked on local farms or sawmills.
Hope this helps.

By John Scarrott @ Sunday, December 27, 2009 2:27 AM

I have just been given a German POW library book with the name of Langev Wolff 105385 at camp 183 camp, Quorn, Lougborough, Leicester. The book is a copy of Faust written in German. It has some other writting within plus the camp stamp. If any his relatives are alive please contact me and they can have it.

By Rose Chiverton @ Saturday, January 23, 2010 5:37 PM

Anyone help me with more information on Setley Plain have found loads of leeters my dad wrote to my mum in Italy. have visited the site but can't find anymore info. have visited Imperial war Museum London and found a map. is there any more info?

By Gordon @ Tuesday, February 02, 2010 4:25 AM

Hi Rose,
I found the following links which might be useful for you-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/96/a5866996.shtml
http://www.newforestexplorersguide.co.uk/sitefolders/villages/brockenhurst/setleyplain/setleyplainpage.html
http://www.burntpages.co.uk/Site/Military_Camps_and_Establishments.html

By arnes attenborough @ Saturday, February 13, 2010 7:44 PM

I am trying to find the name of the camp in Scotland that housed the Polish Resettlement Corps Signals Division. I believe it was near to Forfar or Inverary.

Arnes

By Gordon @ Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:15 AM

Arnes,
I don't have any information on Polish DPs myself, but you might want to try this website-www.northwickparkpolishdpcamp.co.uk
I know they had a camp at Tezneaeb, near Beauly, Invereness, but that's all.

By Taff Simon @ Monday, February 15, 2010 3:02 PM

Hi, Taff here. I'm a newbie so please be gentle :-)

I amparticularly interested in any informationon the following:

Chesters Roman Fort (or rather the bridge abutment) was excavated by Axis POWS c.1946/7. This much is mentioned in Bidwells book on Roman bridges but I have been unable to make any headway on the character/identity of any PoWs involved. I assume they came from Haltwhistle Camp but cannot be sure. Has anyone ever heard of this particular case of PoWs being involved in excavation?

And secondly:

Near the Roman fort of High Rochester was Pow Camp 667 Byrness (also known as Low Byrness). I believe that the site is now home to a caravan park. Does anyone off hand know if this is the case? I'll be contacting the caravan park in due course - just thought I'd ask on the off chance.

Many thanks,

Taff

By Gordon @ Monday, February 15, 2010 9:34 PM

Hi Taff-
Welcome to the forums.
I haven't heard that before, but I'd be fascinated to learn more.

By michael dow @ Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:07 PM

To Louise Miller

Regarding Polish Camp at Teznaeab near Beauly, Inverness. My father was at that camp. I recently walked to the camp but it is almost all gone. The man who stayed on and ran it as a sawmill was a Polish veteran who I called affectionately 'Uncle John'. He didn't take his wife's name Paterson as suggested in a later post. His wife was also Polish but lived in London where John eventually retired to. The name change was just to make it easier as he traded his wood in the local area.

By julie czornenkyj @ Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:19 PM

Hi Gordan,

I wonder if you can pointg me in the right direction. My Father in Law came to England in 1948, he was Ukranian/Polish? and his registration card says he came from Italy. He was sent to Pingley farm camp which I know was a POW camp, but I am not sure if it wasx still a POW camp in 1948 or what catergory person would have been sent there. Any ideas? If anyone has any information his name was Stefan Czornenkyj.

Kind regards, Julie

By Gordon @ Monday, March 22, 2010 6:24 PM

Hi Julie,
Welcome to the forums.
I think Pingley Farm had returned to being a hostel for agricultural workers by 1948. You could try the General Register Office for dates when your father became a naturalised citizen etc, or your council archives (I'm presuming you're in Britain?!).
Best shot might be a letter to the local paper asking if anyone has information; you would be surprised how often that's all you need.

By Derry Graham @ Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:01 PM

Hi Gordon,
In our family we have several german military items which came from Wilton Park. I believe they relate to high ranking officer(s) of luftwaffe General Leutnant status. Is it possible to get a list of such officers held there during the second world war? We also have a painting with the initials M F and '44 on it. It would be interesting to try to identify which inmate may have done this. Any help would be appreciated.
thanks in anticipation
derry graham

By Gordon @ Friday, May 14, 2010 7:04 PM

Hi Derry,
Not entirely sure if such a list exists, though you could try the National Archives.
There are also several books on Wilton Park which might help-
http://ukbookworld.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?s_i_author=&s_i_title=&s_i_publisher=&s_i_keywords=Wilton+Park&minprice=&maxprice=&pg=0&bin=&ssi=13676499950125
Failing that, it might even be worth contacting them direct-
http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/contact/index.aspx

By Derry Graham @ Friday, May 14, 2010 9:03 PM

Hi Gordon,
Many thanks for your quick response and the comments you've made. I'll look into them and see what turns up.
regards, derry graham

By Josh Mehyer @ Monday, July 26, 2010 10:42 AM

Hi Gordon,
my hobby is tracing my Dads POW time. He was at Bourton Hill Camp near Morton in Marsh Glos.
I would appreciate if you know of where I can obtain a list/registar of fellow pow's who were there too.
If anyone else's parents or Grandfathers were there too, then get in touch please.

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