Banged Up Abroad 1 Research and Notes The information and specifically the tables within this document are a key part of my research into my Banged up Aboard project in which I am seeking to capture as a series of documentary and indexed images the site of the former World War Two (WWII) Prisoner of War (PoW) sites in England, Scotland and Wales1. In complying this data it has become evident that the Camp numbers for whatever reason have been duplicated and a camp may have had more than one number as such it is acknowledged that discrepancies exist within not just my table but also with the source information. This may have in some cases camps being moved from one location to another, a camp being divided and given two number such as one for German one for Italian, or one number for Officers and a different number for other ranks. Also many “Subcamps exist for which I have in the most part been unable to obtain the Camp, in cases like this they have been given a nominal number of 00. The intent is to capture the sites as they are now although as part of the research, I will also be accumulating images and data as to the sites when they were in use during and slightly after the end of WWII. It is intended that the images captured as part of this project will form a historic data source for other to come. This as a project is being undertaken by myself Martin J Richards as an integral part of a Mater in Arts Degree being undertaken by myself through the University of Falmouth: Martin J Richards BA(Hons) ARPS [email protected] [email protected] www.systonimages.co.uk https://systonimagesblog.wordpress.com/ https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=17IZRxuX4uc78_KP5EBdWCD44x0pXaSsc&ll=53.95552704319698%2C- 1.9461109999999735&z=6 It is anticipated that in addition to the basic documentary images produced as part of this project other images and videos along with written work will be produced for formal exhibition. In addition to the exhibition the intent is to create Maps, Photobook(s) available on a dedicated website. THIS IS A LIVING DRAFT DOCUMENT AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. IT IS ADVISED NOT TO CREATE LINKS TO THIS DOCUMENT ITSELF RATHER UNTIL FORMALLY PUBLISHED LINK TO THE SITES ALREADY QUOTED On visiting the sites of the former PoW Camps I will be when and where possible be talking photographs of that site. This document thus will contain links to my Personal Image Website in which ALL the images shot during my visit will be posted. The Date of each visit to the site will be included within this document and links provided to access the images shot during that visit. In general my personal website will contain copies of all the images shot as part of this project and will be stored by UK Regional Areas. In addition, the images will also be accessible by Module Number of my Masters Degree Course with the University of Falmouth. Also, a separate index will be maintained for Drone Images as well as “Composite Images” such as Panoramic and HDR. The information with regards to the location of the PoW Camps is ONLY as accurate as the information that my research has thus far revealed. UNLESS the location has the statement << Location >> << Verified >> then it means that the information that I have maybe of a single source and MUST be regarded as “In the General Area”. For convenience the original table has been divided into five separate tables covering; Northern and Southern England, Midlands & East Anglia, Scotland and Wales. A further division is made in each table as to the county.

PoW Camps in Northern England ...... 4 PoW Camps in Midlands and East Anglia ...... 27 PoW Camps in Sothern England ...... 81 PoW Camps in Scotland ...... 139 PoW Camps in Wales ...... 159

1 Note: Northern Island, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Mann are NOT included within this project Page 1 of 174

2 Up-Dates 2.1 Issue 1-00 Series This was the initial issue of this document and coincided with the 1st module of my Masters Degree in Photography with the University of Falmouth: PHO701: Positions & Practice. 2.2 Issue 2-00 Series The issue 2 series is linked to the second module of my MA - PHO702: Informing Contexts. This issue series was if you like the point in which I started to make practical progress within both my MA and this project. During this issue series the document grew my a lot as such I had to split it from one table to the five. 2.3 Issue 3-00 Series This issue series is associated with the third module of my MA PHO703: Surfaces & Strategies. It is now in the Spring and Summer of 2019 that I am starting to rack up the number of sites covered. Issue 3-17 is intended to be the final Issue 3 series copy of this document as it marks the completion of camp visits and the addition of data carried out though May to August 2019 as part of PHO703: Surfaces & Strategies.

Martin J Richards BA(Hons) ARPS [email protected] [email protected] www.systonimages.co.uk https://systonimagesblog.wordpress.com/ Last up-date of this document 03Aug19

Page 2 of 174

3 Map and Location

This map shows the locations of the camps identified within this document.

Blue = Yet to visit Amber = Visited Black = Remains a Military Site Purple = Yet to visit and of significate interest Grey = Visited and Revisit need

Page 3 of 174

4 PoW Camps in Northern England Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 2 Toft Hall Camp Cheshire SJ 7538 7626 BC Lt Col J S Windsor Knutsford 560 Knutsford 4 Original report from English Heritage, states: Knutsford WA16 9PD 53° 16' 57" N Western Cmd MC Priscamp Knutsford Large camp in parkland to northeast of Toft Hall, 20 huts in guards’ compound, 58 within prisoners' compound 2° 22' 14" W WE V/202/4 enclosed by a double perimeter fence with guard towers. 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial views show the Park, woods and scrub land with no evidence of huts or any indication of a camp on this site other than the hall itself. Thus contrasts with the original comments which say that ere are visible indications of the camp. However, just using Aerial Map views I cannot confirm or deny National Archives Reference FO 939/85 2 Base Camp, Toft Hall Camp, Knutsford, Cheshire.

24 No.4 General Hospital Cheshire SJ 75 78 tbd 4 01Mar19 (Military Hospital WA16 9DG 53° 17' 54" N See Knutsford 2° 22' 35" W https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/4627320.readers-help-joan-leach-to-solve-myster-of-knutsford- army-hospital/ Without more data it is not possible to confirm the location of this former PoW site from just the two-digit coordinate and looking at the maps National Archives Reference FO 939/108 24 Hospital Camp, Military Hospital, Knutsford, Cheshire 27Mar19 Camp 24 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

2 Note Postcodes are to the nearest postcode ONLY as the sites where created and redeveloped prior to the introduction of postcodes. Also many sites are in the middle of fields that not have codes thus they are intended as indicative 3 Note: Coordinates given as UK National Grid and Lat/Long. This is to the closest know location and it is suggested that you check the comments for the entry as well as a map aerial view prior to any site visit Page 4 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 74 Racecourse Camp Cheshire SJ 5822 6535 GWC Lt Col B M Tarporley 208 Besston Castle Visited 3 01Mar19 Heldman Road Street CW6 9BH SU 328 704 Western Cmd Priswar Tarporley 11May19 OS Map Aerial views shows a large field on Road Street that could have been a Racecourse. However, this is very Tarporley unlikely. 51° 25' 54" N WE V/1453/2 1° 31' 43" W There is though racecourse close by called Oulton Park. Revisit

needed The Wikipedia entry for Oulton Park Race Course gives the site as being used for car racing. It also says that this location << Location >> now was used as a stating camp by the US army before the Normandy landings. << Verified >> location This is atypical site usage as camps like this where used before D-Day to hold troops and then after the troops left, they confirmed were converted and used as PoW Camps. This is what happened to two camps close to my home address in Leicestershire: Camp 4 Scraptoft & Camp 167 Stoughton. The Wikipedia entry can be found at the address below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulton_Park Given this data I am changing the location: From SJ 5407 6372 To SJ 5913 6440 I have in the saved Aerial Map view dropped a marker on the new location at the racing circuit AND I have drawn around the site that matches English Heritages Coordinates. National Archives Reference FO 939/154 74 Working Camp, Racecourse Camp, Tarporley, Cheshire 15Mar19 From RPS Help Request, Andrew Williams: Camp 74 Oulton Park - This may be a red herring but there is a road off the A49 near to the motor racing track called Racecourse Lane. I understand it led to a horse racing track and the following document appears to relate to this and mentions a pow camp. It is, of course, possible that there were camps at both locations. http://www.greyhoundderby.com/Tarporley%20Racecourse.html I have shown the area on the attached screen clips. Given the above I have altered the coordinates: From SJ 5914 6440 To SJ5822 6535 11May19 Th site was as anticipated a large field with no apparent remains of the former PoW Camp. The field was being used to graze cattle, as such and not wishing to disturb the cattle and with any eye to my own safety I simply took a small number of photographs from outside the field and gate. Havin took some photos with my DSLR Camera I used a Drone Camera to photograph the insides of the field. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6044 – 6114 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p755290244 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6050 – 6114 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p222882032 24Jul19 I have been contacted by a Mr Peter Wood with up-dated details as to the location of this site at the coordinates below and as such I need to re-visit the site. ALSO, he informed me of a feature on the Pro Down Load Copy of Google Earth in that it can show old maps and aerial images. Using this tool you can see the PoW Camp at the location Mr Wood Gives: Given the above I have altered the coordinates: From SJ 5822 6535 To SU 328 704

Page 5 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 147 Boar's Head Camp Cheshire SJ 701 485 4 Original report from English Heritage, states: Walgherton CW5 7LH 53° 1' 58" N Former Heavy Anti-aircraft battery (HAA Bty) Nantwich 2° 26' 50" W 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial views shows an aquaculturally site with no clearly identifiable features consistent with a WWII military camp. This camp if located correctly has been completely cleared and returned to agriculture leaving nothing behind. If this is the case then this site matches a camp close to my home address PoW Camp 616 Barkby Camp, Barkby Lane, Leicester. 27Mar19 Camp 147 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

180 Marbury Hall Camp Cheshire SJ 561 449 GCW Lt Col C L Fisher Northwich 4385/6 Northwich 4 01Mar19 189 Marbury CW9 6AT 52° 59' 58" N Western Cmd Priswar Northwich OS Map Aerial view show the hall and park / grass / farmland. Northwich 2° 39' 20" W WE V/1453/2 There are no obvious indicators as to the presence of a former PoW Camp;- Unless that is the Hall was the Camp. National Archives Reference FO 939/177 189 Working Camp, Marbury Hall Camp, Northwich, Cheshire. Also includes an inspector's report 15Mar19 From help request with RPS from Andrew Williams: 1/ Camp 180 Marbury Hall - Now a country park but the gates to the hall and outline of the ground plan are still visible. I don't think the prisoners were housed in the hall but in huts on a field to the E of the Rangers Offices. There is a local support group Friends of Marbury Park (FOAM) who are quite active and may be helpful. I found this pdf from them which details the history and has a map and aerial photos. showing the location of the huts plus some other useful stuff. https://foam.merseyforest.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Section-5-Second-World-War-years- rev61.pdf 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO Pow Camp list identifies Camp 180 as Radwinter Camp that was since moved or replaced by Trumpington

189 Dunham Park Camp Cheshire SJ 751 878 4 Original report from English Heritage, states: Dunham New Park WA14 4TY 53° 23' 11" N Restored parkland Altringha 2° 22' 33" W 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows this site is now a Dunham Forest Golf and Country Club. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO Pow Camp list identifies Camp 189 as Marbury Hall Camp that was since moved or replaced by Trumpington

191 Crewe Hall Cheshire SJ 732 538 3 Original report from English Heritage, states: Stowford CW1 6UZ 53° 4' 50" N Restored parkland and a works occupy the site today Crewe 2° 24' 5" W 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows that the Hall is now a hotel and the area that was once occupied by the camp to the east of the hotel is now an industrial site National Archives Reference FO 939/178 191 Officers Camp, Crewe Hall Camp, Crewe, Cheshire 27Mar19 Camp 147 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 6 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 193 Madeley Tile Works Camp Cheshire SJ 787 452 4 Original report from English Heritage, states: Madleley CW3 9LZ 53° 0' 13" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for tile / brick works. A further works is located at SJ 775 438 Crewe 2° 19' 7" W 28Feb19 . OS Map Aerial views shows the tile works and quarry but there is no indications type of those found with a camp. 27Mar19 Camp 193 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

283 W.D. Camp Cheshire SJ 3528 7594 GWC Major F S Eaton Hooton 3304 Ledsham 4 Original report from English Heritage, states: TD Ledsham Hall CH66 8PB 53° 16' 35" N Western Cmd Priswar Little Large complex of teneted accommodation with a small number of huts Ledsham Sutton 2° 58' 19" W WE V/1452/2 28Feb19 Little Sutton OS Map Aerial views shows no obvious traces of the former PoW Camp

298 Parkgate Cheshire SJ 27 78 4 28Feb19 Wirral 53° 17' 38" N OS Map Aerial views shows nothing – in fact the two-digit coordinates are at sea !!! 3° 5' 47" W 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO Pow List identifies Camp 298 as being The Barony Camp in Dumfries.

643 Dorfold Hall Camp Cheshire SJ 6357 5250 Yes 3 Original report from English Heritage, states: Nantwich CW5 8LD 53° 4' 6" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for Dorfold Hall. 2° 32' 42" W 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows the hall and to the east of the hall and just before the cannel there are signs and markings in the grass consistent with a Large PoW or other camp. However, the buildings, bases and road and pathways have been removed. As the rea of the camp is well defined and has not been built over it makes for a good site to visit 27Mar19 Camp 643 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

4 Windlestone Hall Camp County Durham NZ 263 287 4 01Mar19 Rusheyford DL17 0LZ 54° 39' 9" N The two-digit coordinates are not enough to locate this site using the OS Map Aerial tool. 1° 35' 38" W However, Wikipedia gives a location of NZ 263 287 as the location of the hall. This entry also includes a comment stating that the Hall was used as satellite camp of Harperley POW Camp 93. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windlestone_Hall The OS Map Aerial views of the hall clearly show the hall and outbuildings. As to the location of the “Camp” as buildings in addition to the hall the most probable locations are immediately to the north of the hall an area covered by trees. Alternatively there is an enclosed field directly to the south and adjoining the hall 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO Pow List identifies Camp 4 as being Scraptoft in Leicestershire

36 Walworth Castle County Durham NZ 2316 1884 GPC Companies Darlington 5296/7 tbd 3 Original report from English Heritage, states: Administered 662, Walworth DL2 2LY 54° 33' 51" N Northern Cmd Nissen huts dispersed under trees to east of castle Darlington 664, 667, 699 1° 38' 36" W 01Mar19 The OS & Google Map Aerial views clearly show the castle. However, they do not show any thing that could base on previous experience that could be a PoW Camp. If the Camp is the castle then the site may be fully defined. Otherwise aspects of the site remain undefined and the camp aspects of this site may lay under the park or woodlands.

Page 7 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 93 Harperley Camp County Durham NZ 1269 3553 GWC Lt Col G K Stobart Crook 272 Crook YES 1 Original report from English Heritage, states: Fir Tree DL15 8DX 54° 42' 52" N Northern Cmd Priswar Crook HIGH STANDARD type. SCHEDULED Crook 1° 48' 16" W WE V/1453/2 Priority 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows intact camp National Archives Reference FO 939/173 93 Working Camp, Harperley Camp, Crook, Durham National Archives Reference LEEWW: 2004.2723.1 Home Front. Sam Alexander manuscript. 'Prisoner of War Camps in County Durham'

93a Oaklands Emergency Hospital County Durham NZ 2081 2899 2? Original report from English Heritage, states: Cockton Hill DL14 6AD 54° 39' 20" N 12 large gable roofed huts still in use as part of the hospital Bishop Auckland 1° 40' 44" W 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows the hospital building but it is not possible to tell if there are still any of the 12 huts 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies Camp 93 as Harperley Camp. This camp is identified as a hospital as it is in County Durham like Harperley these two camps may be connected.

139 Wolviston Hall, Wolviston County Durham NZ 454 258 GWC Major R H McGain Wolviston 249 4 Original report from English Heritage, states: (Cleveland) Billingham 54° 37' 31" N Northern Cmd Priswar Billingham Hostel TS22 5JZ 1° 17' 54" W 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows a housing estate. Given that it is listed as a hostel the building could still exist

139b Coxhoe Hall Camp County Durham NZ 322 357 4 28Feb19 Coxhoe DH6 4AD 54° 42' 55" N OS Map Aerial views shows what appears to be a very very large housing estate 1° 30' 6" W 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies Camp 139 as Wolviston Hall County Durham. As this camp is identified as 139B it is likely that it is a subcamp or hostel of Wolviston

605 West Bolden Camp County Durham NZ 3475 6025 4 Original report from English Heritage, states: Down Hill Quarry NE36 0AX 54° 56' 8" N Precise location not identified; no obvious features visible on aerial photographs. NGR given for centre of Sunderland 1° 27' 33" W quarry. 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows a few buildings and what could be a quarry in the middle of farmland 27Mar19 Camp 605 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 03Apr19 This camp is very close to Camp 8 The Hutted Camp East Boldon which has a high priority to visit.

Page 8 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 613 Blackbeck Camp County Durham NZ 0726 1793 Yes 3 Car Wash Original report from English Heritage, states: Stainton DL12 8UF 54° 33' 23" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for Stainton Grove Camp. There were numerous camps in this area 1° 53' 21" W associated with the initial training of army recruits during World War II.

28Feb19 << Location >> << Verified >> OS Map Aerial views shows a very well-defined industrial estate are with a number of disused paths and other markings on the ground. My assumption is that the buildings have been cleared from the camp and the industrial units have to some extent been built on top of original foundations within the camp boundary as such it is worth a visit 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO Pow List identifies Camp 613 as Old Dalby. A link between this camp and Old Dalby is unlikely. 31Jul19 Camp Identified though Pegasus Archive with a second link to a WW2 Relics site giving substation information on this site including photos, aerial map and sketch maps as to location: http://staintongrove.tripod.com/ww2_military_camp/id15.html Using the Aerial Map Photo I have been able to Verify the location of this camp, the centre of which is now Best Hand Car Wash. Note: Recheck Aerial Photo Before Visit

1 Grizedale Hall Cumberland SD 3365 9427 Visited 4 Original report from English Heritage, states: Grizedale LA22 0QJ 54° 20' 22" N 22Nov18 Country house & circa 30 huts, double perimeter fence with watchtowers. All huts demolished. Ambleside 3° 1' 19" W Visited 22 Nov 18 Cumbria The original Hall was demolished in the late 1950’s. The site is now owed by the Forestry Commission and has a dedicated visitor and outdoor centres and is use as by “Go Ape” and Outdoors activity organisation. Whilst the origin l hall has gone the stone balustrade of the hall remains with a toilet block and visitor centre sited on the main hall. The outbuildings remain and have become the main visitor centre with shop, exhibition space and restaurant. It is fair to say that in the case of Barbed wire has been replaced by Zip Wire. As a side note prior to demolition the Hall was used in the film “The One That Got Away” Images IDs Photo 2018 11 3116 to 3173 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p554271209 National Archives Reference FO 939/82 1 Officers Camp, Grizedale Camp Hawks Head Westmoreland National Archives Reference WO 166/17820 1 Prisoner of War Camp at Grizedale. German officers including generals 27Mar19 Camp 1 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 9 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 13 Shap Fells Hotel Camp Cumberland NY 579 096 YES 1 Original report from English Heritage, states: 15 Shap CA10 3QU 54° 28' 47" N Country Hotel. See Camp no.15 2° 39' 4" W 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows not just a Hotel type building, but it also includes a Nissen hut and what might be a single- story prefab hut. This is an odd one as it is listed as camp 13 and camp 15 in some docs and there are also another Camp 13 and another camp 15 National Archives Reference FO 939/99 13 Officers Camp, Shap Wells Hotel, Shap, Cumberland National Archives Reference WDX 1600 Shap Wells Prisoner of War Camp, CD copy of photographic album of German and Italian prisoners of war 27Mar19 Camps 13 and 5 are not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that these camps closed prior to Feb47.

76 Merry Thought Camp Cumberland NY 4861 4048 GWC Lt Col T O C Calthwaite 18 Calthwaite Yes 2 Original report from English Heritage, states: Doherty Aikbank Common CA11 9RR 54° 45' 23" N Western Cmd Priswar Calthwaite STANDARD type. Calthwaite 2° 48' 0" W WE V/1453/2 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows woods in the exact coordinates in a very tightly defined area with building bases in a field to the right-hand side of the woods National Archives Reference FO 939/156 76 Working Camp, Merry Thought Camp, Calthwaite, Cumberland

103 Moota Camp Cumberland NY 160 369 GWC Major N Patterson Aspatria 266 Aspatria Yes 2 Original report from English Heritage, states: Moota Hill CA13 0QF 54° 43' 12" N Western Cmd Priswar STANDARD type. Currently functioning as a hotel Cockermouth Cockermouth 3° 18' 20" W WE V/1452/2 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows a compound with what appears to be modern type buildings resting in the bases of old huts with a cleared area on the coordinates which may have been the admin / guard compound?

155 Hornby Hall Camp Cumberland NY 573 293 Yes 1 Original report from English Heritage, states: Hornby Hall CA10 2AR 54° 39' 25" N Camp consisted of 25 huts, chiefly 18'6" Nissen huts. Some features still appear to survive in woodland High Street 2° 39' 48" W 26Feb19 Brougham OS Map Aerial views shows a defined modern woodland. On the North edge of the woods there are appear to be two Nissen Huts and 2 or more prefab Huts 27Mar19 Camp 155 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

692 No.4 Camp Cumberland NY 37 68 Yes 4 Mixed Original report from English Heritage, states: Longtown CA6 5UB 55° 0' 9" N Precise location not identified. There are several candidate camps. Carlisle 2° 59' 11" W The original 2-digit coordinates are simply not enough. To the West of them is the Longtown Ordnance Factory. However, there is a former RAF Longtown a site that is now a Windfarm. It would be a logical location for the PoW Camp for German Airman at or towards the end of the war given its high number of 692 27Mar19 Camp 692 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

696 Warwick Camp Cumberland NY 4278 5557 Yes 3 Commercial Original report from English Heritage, states: Duranhill Road CA1 2UT 54° 53' 29" N Pre-existing military camp. Industrial estate. Carlisle 2° 53' 37" W 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows that this site is now the Rosehill Industrial Estate on Junction 43 of the M6. This site has thus been completely built over. Having said that it is a good site to include and visit as it should produce some good images.

Page 10 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 2 Glen Mill Lancashire SD 949 049 3 Mixed Original report from English Heritage, states: Residential 176 Wellyhole Street, OL4 3HH 53° 32' 26" N Large cotton mill and associated weaving sheds etc. with additional huts. See Camp no.176 Oldham Commercial 2° 4' 42" W 02Mar19 Woodland The original English Heritage data for this site did not include its coordinates. On-line investigations say that the old cotton mill that was used as a PoW Camp was demolished in 1970. The Air crash site contains a good article on the camp and gives its coordinates as SD 949 049: http://aircrashsites.co.uk/038/ The OS Map View shows a mixture of industrial sites around trees and scrub land and does not show any obvious indications as to the old PoW site and or now demolished mill building. This contrasts with the article and photos shown in the air crash sites website 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO Pow List identifies Camp 2 as Toft Hall Knutsford. Camp 176 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

8 Warth Mills Lancashire SD 7965 0914 GCW Bury 2486 Bury Yes 3 Commercial Original report from English Heritage, states: 9 Bury BL9 9TB 53° 34' 42" N Western Cmd Priswar Bury Cotton Mill. See Camp no.9, 12a and 177 12a 2° 18' 31" W WE V/1453/2 02Mar19 177 OS Map Aerial view shows a small defined industrial estate / warehouses. This is co-located with several other similar sites plus housing estates and scrub land. Whilst it appears that nothing of the PoW camp(s) has survived it is likely that the industrial estate has been built directly on the site of the form camp(s) 27Mar19 Camp 8 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. Camp 12A is likely to be a Subcamp or hostel as such it to is not included in the Feb47 list.

9 Bomb Disposal Camp Lancashire SJ 4364 9264 Yes 4 Residential 12Mar19 Long View Lane Camp (Merseyside) 53° 25' 39" N Site of National Archivers Reference FO 939/92 Huyton 2° 50' 58" W special 9 Bomb Disposal Camp, Long View Lane Camp, Huyton, Liverpool interest 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW list identifies Camp 9 as Quorn Camp Leicestershire. There is also a Group Pioneer Cords Camp 9 in Bedford 31Mar19 Camp location identified through the Liverpool Echo: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseysides-wartime-prison-camp-youve-9498601 03Apr19 The usage of Camp 9 is explained by the fact that this is the equivalent of Royal Engineers, Pioneers or Sappers. Under the Geneva Protocols Prisoners can be used for War or Dangerous Work. Therefore I was somewhat surprised by the name of this camp as it implied that PoWs where used for Bomb Disposal which is against the rules. However, it appears that it is correct and that PoWs where used for such activities AFTER the war had finished. This is in addition to the use of the Germain Navy post the surrender in the detection and disposal of se mines

Page 11 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 29 Rainford PoW Camp Lancashire SD 467 016 Yes 2 Surviving 02Mar19 Ormskirk WA11 7JJ 53° 30' 30" N Buildings There was next to no data in the original English Heritage document. 2° 48' 18" W Woodland However, a bit of basic research identified the name as Rainford and a location of SD 467 016. See Derelict places: https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/military-sites/9981-rainford-pow-camp-nr- liverpool.html#.XHqKUoj7T8A OS Map Aerial view shows several buildings on the site of the camp 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies Camp 29 as Royston Heath in Herts and Claremont Abergavenny as such there can be little connection between these and Rainford owing to distance

50 Garswood Park Lancashire SJ 5749 9849 GWC Lt Col L Pratteley Ashton-in- Ashton-in- 4 School Original report from English Heritage, states: Makerfield 7216/5 Makerfield Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4 9PQ 53° 28' 53" N Western Cmd STANDARD type. Site occupied by a school Priswar Ashton-in- 2° 38' 31" W WE V/1453/2 02Mar19 Makerfield OS Map Aerial view shows as per the original English Heritage information a school. However, there is no directly viewable structures or boundaries National Archivers Reference FO 939/132 50 Working Camp, Garswood Park Camp, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire Note: see also FO 939/300 National Archivers Reference FO 939/300 50 Working Camp, Garswood Park Camp, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire 03Apr19 The School is identified as St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School and Byrchall High School

65 Bank Hall Lancashire SD 463 202 Yes 3 Remains of Original report from English Heritage, states: Stately Bretherton 53° 40' 31" N Huts scattered under trees to south east of hall Preston Home 2° 48' 51" W 02Mar19 Woodland OS Map Aerial view shows the hall and woodlands. Without visiting the site it is not possible to say if the huts referred to in the English Heritage information is still true. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies Camp 65 as Setley Plain in Hants. There can be little connection between these camps owing to distance

126 Melland Camp Lancashire SJ 886 949 4 School Original report from English Heritage, states: Sandfold Lane 53° 27' 2" N Former Heavy Anti-aircraft battery (HAA Bty) Gorton 2° 10' 23" W 02Mar19 Manchester OS Map Aerial view shows a housing estate and a school. 27Mar19 Camp 126 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 03Apr19 The school is called Melland High School and Cedar Mount Academy

146 Newton Camp Lancashire SD 448 310 4 Residential Original report from English Heritage, states: Newton-with-Scales 53° 46' 20" N Hostel Kirkham 2° 50' 20" W 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a very large housing estate 27Mar19 Camp 146 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 12 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 168 Brookmill Camp Lancashire SD 42 32 BC Lt Col W S Tanner Oldham 3684 Oldham 4 Residential 02Mar19 Woodlands 53° 46' 51" N Western Cmd OBE TD Priscamp Oldham OS Map Aerial view shows at the coordinates given a housing estate with no defined evidence of a PoW Camp in the Kirkham 2° 52' 54" W WE V/202/4 immediate vicinity. Preston There was though an RAF station RAF Kirkham that is now a Prison. In addition, there Is a site at Daisy Meadow Farm that looks a bit like a PoW Camp. Without further information though it is not going to be possible to resolve the location of this former PoW Camp. I have annotated the saved OS Aerial Map view of the probable locations. National Archivers Reference WO 166/17825 168 Prisoner of War Camp. Camp moved from Sheffield to Kirkham. Prisoners from Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Italy, Armenia, Switzerland and Spain, and other places.

168 Glen Mill Camp Lancashire 31Jul19 176 Oldham The Pegasus Archive site Identifies PoW Camps 168 and 176 as Glen Mill Camp in Oldham.

171 Camp A Lancashire SJ 465 935 4 Solar Farm 02Mar19 Knowsley Park (Merseyside) 53° 26' 7" N OS Map Aerial view shows a Reservoir complex and water treatment site alongside a solar power station / cells. Prescott 2° 48' 24" W From the map view it looks like the solar farm it has been sited straight on top of the former PoW site. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW list identifies Camp 171 as Bungay in Suffolk.

290 Penketh Hostel Lancashire SJ 5416 8789 Yes 2 Mixed Original report from English Heritage, states: South Lane Farm 53° 23' 9" N Surviving Former Heavy Anti-aircraft battery (HAA Bty) South Lane Structures 2° 41' 26" W 02Mar19 Barrow's Green OS Map Aerial view shows a delineated field with evidence of building and or bases of buildings within an enclosed perimeter. 27Mar19 Camp 290 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 03Apr19 Google Map Street view shows a WWII era brick-built water tower at the entrance to the site It also seems to show large prefab type building with sections of the wall missing

678 Fort Crosby Lancashire SD 296 025 Yes 3 Site of Original report from English Heritage, states: (Merseyside) Sniggery Farm 53° 30' 51" N special Camp associated with former coast artillery battery & heavy anti-aircraft battery. Sand dunes. Hightown interest 3° 3' 47" W 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows sand dunes at the coordinates given with Sniggery Farm itself about 1km to the east. There are path ways and I would presume the remains of the gun pits at the coordinates. It appears from research that the fort, guns and buildings where all located within the dunes: http://www.academia.edu/17314554/Forgotten_Fort_Crosby_Dune_Heritage_Revealed 03Apr19 This appears to be a well-documented site. Whilst thee may be little or nothing of the site remaining it is a empty site with a photographic record of its former use as a n army camp and possibly PoW Camp.

Page 13 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 8 The Hutted Camp Northumberland NZ 3687 6063 YES 1 Abandoned 12Mar19 East Boldon 54° 56' 20" N Military National Archive Reference FO 939/90 Buildings 1° 25' 33" W 8 PW Platoon, The Hutted Camp, East Boldon, Northumberland 27Mar19 Camp 8 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 31Mar19 Site location Identified though Boldon Wartime Memories and site found to be relatively intact!!! http://www.boldonwm.uk/ebaac.htm 03Apr19 It is to be noted that not only does this camp appear to contain the remains of buildings but that it is also very close to Camp 605

18 Featherstone Park Camp Northumberland NY 6735 6027 BC Lt Col H McBain Haltwhistle 328/9 Haltwhistle Yes 2 Rural Original report from English Heritage, states: OBE MC 224 Haltwhistle 54° 56' 9" N Northern Cmd Priswar Haltwhistle Surviving Large hutted camp consisting of a guards' compound, two prisoners' compounds and a sports field. Site 255 2° 30' 40" W WE V/202/4 Hut Bases footprint still decernable. 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows that although the fences and buildings have gone the bases and locations of the huts is highly visible. In addition to the highly visible bases there are marks consistent with huts and compounds to both the north and south. National Archives Reference FO 939/104 18 Officers Camp, Featherstone Park Camp, Haltwhistle, Northumberland Note: see also FO 939/294 National Archives Reference WO 166/16298 224 Prisoner of War Camp at Haltwhistle, Northumberland. Camp moved from Haltwhistle to Rothwell. National Archives Reference WO 166/16299 225 Prisoner of War Camp. Moved from Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Maybole, Ayrshire; from there to Girvan; from there to Thorpe Bay, Essex. 27Mar19 Although Camp 18 is listed Camp 8 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 30Jul19 The Pegasus Archive details the following about the site: History "Camp 18", bordering the South Tyne river and stretching across a mile of Featherstone Park, was constructed in 1944 to accommodate US personnel prior to their departure to Normandy for the Invasion of France. Emptied of Americans, the camp was for several months used to hold Italian prisoners of war, but in 1945 it was converted to hold "Black Nazis"; the most fervent believers in Hitler's Germany, who would only be repatriated after a thorough course of denazification. It was not particular to any one section of the Reich; Wehrmacht officers, captured U-Boatmen, Luftwaffe pilots, bureaucrats, diplomats and ambassadors were all represented. The most senior resident was General Ferdinand Heim, a veteran of Stalingrad and chief of staff to the Sixth Army, captured in 1944 when his garrison defending Boulogne surrendered. Consisting of some 200 huts in four compounds, Camp 18 was one of the largest officer POW camps in Britain, at one time housing 4,000 officers and 600 orderlies. Despite the obvious challenge of making the most hardline Nazis into good citizens fit for the new Germany, the operation was an enormous success, so much so that in 1947 the barbed wire fencing around the camp was removed. It was said that the Featherstone more resembled a university campus than a POW camp; prisoners would be sent out to work on local farms during the day, but at night they would study, and received lectures from Durham, Newcastle, even some Oxford academics. It was a system that quickly prepared these men for flourishing careers in the new Germany, some even went on to play a political role in its foundation. The camp had its own chapel, theatre, library, medical centre, even a bakery and sewerage system. It had a newspaper; Die Zeit am Tyne, printed in Hexham, and, making use of the great pool of talent in the camp, it boasted three orchestras and its own puppet theate, which entertained various audiences across Northern England. Opened: 1944 Closed: Summer 1948

Page 14 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 69 Darras Hill Northumberland NZ 1465 7088 GWC Lt Col R F Pitz Portland 162 Newcastle on 4 Residential Original report from English Heritage, states: Tyne Ponteland 55° 1' 56" N Northern Cmd Priswar Ponteland STANDARD type. 1° 46' 20" W WE V/1453/2 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows and extensive housing estate with no evidence of the former PoW Camp. National Archives Reference FO 939/150 69 Working Camp, Darras Hall Camp, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne

104 Beela River (Bela River) Camp Northumberland SD 49 81 4 Stately 04Mar19 Milnthorpe (Westmorland) 54° 13' 19" N Home OS Aerial Map view shows fields, trees and scrub at the 2-digit coordinates given. 2° 47' 1" W Park There are though buildings and structures nearby that could be related to the former PoW camp. Also, it is to be noted it looks like there was a RAF base at the site that only had grass strip runways as there are no markings in the ground consistent with former runways. The possible sites are marked on the saved copies of the aerial view maps

105 Hetton House Camp Northumberland NU 041 296 Yes 3 Mixed 03Mar19 Chatton 55° 33' 36" N Woods OS Aerial Map view shows a concert compound a few small buildings and trees within a defined area consistent with a Wooler 1° 56' 11" W Residential PoW Camp. Site is opposite Hetton House 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies camp 105 as Wooler Camp. It is highly probable that this Wooler Camp in fact a Sub-camp or Hostel

105 Wooler Camp Northumberland NT 998 279 GWC Lt Col P H Phillips Wooler 15 Belford 4 School Original report from English Heritage, states: Brewery Road 55° 32' 41" N Northern Cmd Priswar Wooler STANDARD type. Site occupied by a school Wooler 2° 0' 17" W WE V/1453/2 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view show Glendale Community Middle and Wooler First Schools. There is no evidence on the aerial views of the former PoW Camp 27Mar19 The Feb49 FO PoW List entry for Camp 105 has been closed out and replaced with a new Camp 105 at Darras Hall

291 Kitty Brewster Farm Northumberland NZ 2838 8209 Yes 4 Light Original report from English Heritage, states: Industrial Blyth 55° 7' 56" N Former Heavy Anti-aircraft battery (HAA Bty). Site occupied by industrial estate. 1° 33' 23" W 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows an industrial compound on the edge of Riverside Business Park. Whilst it appears that no buildings remain the size of the compound is consistent with other PoW Camps. 27Mar19 Camp 291 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

645 Lord Mayor's Camp Northumberland NU 2733 0427 Yes 4 Camping & 03Mar19 635 Amble 55° 19' 54" N Caravan OS Aerial Map view shows at the coordinates given what looks like a playing field directly to the north o fa large holiday 1° 34' 14" W / static caravan park. 27Mar19 Camp 635 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 30Jul19 Camp 634 is identified at Pegasus Archive as a Soviet Working Camo

Page 15 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 667 Byrness Camp Northumberland NT 779 013 Yes 2 Camping & 03Mar19 Caravan Redesdale 55° 18' 19" N OS Aerial Map view shows a series of huts within a well-defined compound. Otterburn 2° 20' 58" W However, Otterburn is a large military training range that is still active. Although these buildings can be seen on the map view there is no grantee that these are the original buildings. They may be new building on old or new bases. Also on the OS Map view this site Is marked a camping and caravan site 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies Camp 667 as Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire. Given the distance between the camps it Is unlikely that there is any connection between them.

699 Tyne J. Camp Northumberland NZ 2520 7191 G W Coy Group Gosforth 51422 Yes 3 Commercial Original report from English Heritage, states: Administering 36 Gosforth 55° 2' 27" N Northern Cmd Two possible camps at NZ 2520 7191 or NZ 2560 5716 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1° 36' 25" W WE V/1270/4 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows what appears to be some sort of farmhouse or small group of houses at the main coordinates given: - NZ 2560 5716. There is thus no evidence of the PoW Camp. However; NZ 2520 7191 shows a clearly defined compound that contains a small industrial type estate although devoid of buildings or structures used in such camps. Given the above it appears that the camp was located at NZ 2520 7191

4 Gilling Camp Yorkshire NZ 1633 0693 4 Farm Original report from English Heritage, states: 288 Hartforth Grange 54° 27' 26" N Hut platforms remain extant. See Camp no.288 Hartforth Lane 1° 44' 58" W 04Mar19 Gilling OS Aerial Map view shows Hartforth Grange, in fact the coordinated given is centred on the tennis court. However, there are no visible indication of the presence of a former PoW Camp 05Mar19 Although the English Heritage comments for this site cross refer to Camp 4 (Yorkshire one) and that camp cross refers to this one the coordinate values given are different OS Aerial Map view shows a small group of trees in a field. Again, as with many stately homes the sites where often restored following the end of the war. There are through several possible sites as seen on the OS Map aerial view, these have been marked on the saved copy of this map. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW Camp list identifies Camp 4 as being Scraptoft in Leicestershire. It is unlikely that there is any connection between the camps owing to distance. Camp 288 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. SE 595 031 6 Racecourse Camp Yorkshire 3 Racecourse 04Mar19 53° 31' 16" N 296a Doncaster 1° 6' 14" W OS Aerial Map view shows as expected the racecourse. An interesting feature though can be seen to the north east of the given coordinates there are two blocks of buildings of the correct sizer and shape as PoW Camp Huts. Whilst it is almost certain that these buildings are used as stables, they may well be the PoW huts or sited on the baes of the old huts. 27Mar19 Camp 6 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. Camp 296 in the Feb47 FO PoW List is identified as Potters Hill Sheffield. It is possible that Camp 296A is a subcamp or hostel of Camp 296

Page 16 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 11 Racecourse Camp Yorkshire SE 5951 4971 Visited 3 Racecourse 04Mar19 Knavesmire 53° 56' 24" N 12May19 residential OS Aerial Map view shows the racecourse with no evidence as to the location of the former PoW Camp. York 1° 5' 41" W Without any further information it is not possible to precisely located the former PoW Camp.

< Location > Revisited Note: < Confirmed > Needed This site is very close to the Racecourse Site PoW Camp 162 27Mar19 Camp 11 in the Feb47 FO PoW List is identified as Island Farm Bridgend. It is unlikely that these camps are related owing to distance.

12May19 I visited the location given by English Heritage and found a housing estate as anticipated. However, the houses in that estate where identical in design and build to that of my aunt whose house was built in 1938. Therefore I quickly concluded that the location was incorrect. Regardless I took a number of photographs of the estate and the West Side of the Racecourse. I drive to the East side of the racetrack taking a number of photos of Bustardthorpe Allotments as there was a possibility that the former PoW Site had become the allotments. As with other allotments the site included tunnels, tents and huts with regulated and number spaces all of which call to “PoW Camp”. I also found and photographed an old brick structure on the allotments. I moved on to the racecourse stands and took a number of photos from the rear of the stands and entrances to the course before moving to the side of the stands and next to the track. On reaching the track side I then used my drone to take a number of photos of the front of the stands and track before leaving the site. Later that day on visiting Malton and Eden Camp I talked to the onsite manager about my project and gave York Racecourse as an example as to my having an address but not a defined location. I was then shown the location of the POW Camp which was actually placed inside the racing track and not as I had assumed as either to one side of within the standards and support buildings. A revisit is needed to photograph the actual location of the former PoW Camp, although having said that a review and revisit of my images does include a small number of images of the actual site Location updated: From: SE 59 59 To: SE 5951 4971 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6540 – 6682 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p852962421 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6636 – 6682 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p357422039

17 Lodge Moor Camp Yorkshire SK 2795 8598 BC Lt Col A P Jackson Sheffield 32916/7 Sheffield Yes 4 Woodland Original report from English Heritage, states: Redmires Road 53° 22' 11" N Northern Cmd Priswar Sheffield Pre-First World War army camp. Capacity substantially increased by the provision of tented accommodation. Sheffield 1° 34' 53" W WE V/202/4 Guarded by double wire perimeter fences and watch towers. Footings and perimeter wall remain extant 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a planted woodland with regular shapes. There is no directly visible evidence on the area map views however, the size and shape of the woodland is consistent with such a camp. National Archives Reference FO 939/102 17 Base Camp, Lodge Moor Camp, Sheffield, Yorkshire National Archives Reference FO 939/103 17 Base Camp, Lodge Moor Camp, Sheffield, Yorkshire

Page 17 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 20 Bramham No.1 Camp Yorkshire SE 42 43 4 04Mar19 Bramham 53° 52' 53" N OS Aerial Map view shows at the two-digit coordinates given in the English Heritage data an empty field wit a small Boston Spa 1° 21' 45" W allotment to the east the whole site being adjacent to the A1(M). More data is needed to exactly locate the former PoW Camp. However, both the field and allotments are of the right size and shape as to be possible sites of the camp. National Archives Reference WO 166/17821 20 Prisoner of War Camp. Camp moved from Bramham Park, Yorkshire to Tavistock, Devon; and from Tavistock to Bickham. Austrian prisoners of war arrived June-August 1945. 27Mar19 Camp 20 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

53 Sandbeds Camp Yorkshire SE 5735 2970 GWC Lt Col E T Dobbie Gateforth 40 Selby Visited 2 Base and Original report from English Heritage, states: Gateforth New Road 53° 45' 37" N Northern Cmd Priswar Selby 11May19 Huts STANDARD type. Site occupied by a mushroom farm Brayton Remain 1° 7' 53" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a large site with regular shaped buildings consistent with a former PoW Camp. The original English Heritage data says the site is a mushroom farm. It is assumed that the remaining buildings from the PoW Camp are used as part of the farm. National Archives Reference FO 939/135 53 Working Camp, Sandbeds Camp, Brayton, Yorkshire National Archives Reference FO 939/302 53 Working Camp, Sandbeds Camp, Brayton, Yorkshire 11May19 This site I would suggest has changed quite a bit since it was assessed by English Heritage over 15 years ago. The site is close to Selby Gold Course, and I must say it is the oddest site I have visited during this project. It is approached via small parking area off the Gateforth New Road. On entering the site you encounter what can only be described as over 1,000M2 of concrete hard standing. It could almost be said to be a very large flat rectangular concrete slab with a derelict building in the middle and several large gutted fire damaged larger derelict buildings at the back of the site. I meet several people there exercising their dogs who informed me that the site had ceased trading as a mushroom farm a number of years ago and since then the site had been vandalised and several fires had been set. I was also told that h=the site was going to be redeveloped as either for warehousing or housing. I took a number of images with a DSLR as well as Drone Camera prior to heavy rain. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6214 – 6538 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1072248024 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6292 – 6538 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p8372499

60 Overdale Camp Yorkshire SD 998 525 GWC Lt Col K C Miller Skipton 513/4 Skipton Yes 4 Residential Original report from English Heritage, states: Skipton 53° 58' 6" N Northern Cmd Priswar Skipton STANDARD type. Overdale caravan site 2° 0' 16" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a small housing estate the right size to have been a former PoW camp although no evidence of the former site or boundaries can be seen on the map aerial view. National Archives Reference FO 939/141 60 Working Camp, Overdale Camp, Skipton, Yorkshire

Page 18 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 73 Storwood Camp Yorkshire SE 720 443 GWC Lt Col M G Beckett Melbourne 209 York 4 Rural Original report from English Heritage, states: Storwood 53° 53' 23" N Northern Cmd Priswar Melbourne STANDARD type. Cottingwith York 0° 54' 21" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field on the edge of what looks like a former airfield close to two or more other former airfields. Whilst there is evidence of shapes in the ground to the east of the given coordinates there is nothing to be seen at the site its self. National Archives Reference FO 939/153 73 Working Camp, Storwood Camp, Melbourne, Yorkshire

83 Eden Camp Yorkshire SE 797 735 GWC Lt Col R H O Malton 182 Malton Visited 1 PoW Original report from English Heritage, states: Hanbury 250 Old Malton YO17 6RT 54° 9' 4" N Northern Cmd Priswar Malton 12May19 Museum STANDARD type. Military museum. See Camp no.250. Malton 0° 46' 52" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as expected Eden Camp a preserved WWII Prisoner of War Camp Museum. I have visited this site in the past and it is one of the prime sites along with Camp 1 Grizzard a prime choice to hold an exhibition of pictures from this project Note: This site is very close to the Racecourse Site PoW Camp 172 National Archives Reference FO 939/163 83 Working Camp, Eden Camp, Malton, East Yorkshire 27Mar19 Camp 83 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. However, Camp 250 is included within the Camp List. 12May19 What can I say other than Eden Camp is the most intact of the PoW Camps from WWII and it survives today as a Military and PoW Museum. A few buildings have been lost and the original fences have been replaced with modern fences. Also as it is a museum there just happens to be a Spitfire and Hurricane (plastic) and T34 (metal0 as well as a few other AFVs at the front of the camp. I somehow doubt that these would have been around when the site was a PoW Camp? Individual huts are set up with different WWII related exhibits and displays. I had prior to my visit communicate in general terms with the museum but was not able to give actual date that I would be on site. I was there on a Sunday morning and went into the actual reception area and talked to the duty manager how was quite excited when I discussed my project. During my discussion was able to find the actual location of the PoW Camp at York Racecourse, we also discussed the end goal of my work in the creation of an exhibition. I was told that within their existing set up that exhibition space is limited. In practice though a small temporary or a larger permanent exhibition may be possible, But it would require considerable planning. Although I did get permission to use my drone, I had to limit my photography to my DSLR camera owing to weather condition. In the images I have made deliberate decision for this camp to included within the web hosted images a small number that have people in as the images where taken in a public area where people cannot expect not to be photographed etc… this makes it legal. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6741 - 6876 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p873614633

Page 19 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 91 Post Hill Camp Yorkshire SE 24 33 3? Possible Hut 04Mar19 Farnley 53° 47' 33" N Bases OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field next to woodland with no visible trace of a former PoW Cap at this site. Leeds 1° 38' 13" W The size and shape of fields, woods and location of buildings point to this place being the location of a former airfield – either actual or decoy. Without more data it is not possible to accurately locate the site of the former PoW Camp. Having said the above there are buildings to the south of the east and west that bare examination as do the adjacent woods. These possible locations are marked on the saved aerial map. National Archives Reference FO 939/170 91 Working Camp, Post Hill Camp, Farnley, Yorkshire 27Mar19 Camp 91 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 03Apr19 Given that the exact location is not known a further analysis of the Google Map Sterlite view shows a site 400m directly west of the given coordinates

108 Thirkleby Camp Yorkshire SE 479 779 GWC Lt Col A H G Hutton Sessay 203 Thirsk Visited 1 Huts Original report from English Heritage, states: Craster OBE Sandhill, 54° 11' 40" N Northern Cmd Priswar Thirkleby 13May19 Remaining STANDARD type. Pig farm Little Thirkleby 1° 16' 2" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19

< Location > OS Aerial Map view shows the pig farm occupying what looks like a fully intact or close to PoW Camp. < Verified > This is a Must Visit Site 13May19 Despite efforts on my part prior to visiting this site and then visiting adjacent houses and farms I was unable to contact the site owner. As this site, or parts of it appear to be an active farm I was unable to safely entre the site as such I took a number of images from the site boundary with my camera and then used a drone to take other shots of the site. Having said the above, I need to revisit and to photograph this site properly as along with a number of similar sites that serve as a farm and light industrial usage some buildings remain in use and others have been abandoned making his a primary site to photograph. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6935 - 7019 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p582355427 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6945 – 7019 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p264203698

121 Racecourse Camp Yorkshire SE 328 470 3 Field 04Mar19 Ripon 53° 55' 5" N Caravan & OS Aerial Map view shows a simple empty field with no trace of the former PoW camp. 1° 30' 7" W Campsite However, a few hundred meters to the east there is a residential caravan / holiday home site. Given the propensity to site caravans and holiday homes on some of the former PoW sites then this is a more likely location for the camp. 27Mar19 Feb47 FO PoW List identifies Camp 121 as Scriven Hall Knaresborough. This camp is close to Ripon as such the camp may have moved at some point from Ripon to Knaresborough. Alternatively this camp may be a subcamp of hostel

127 Potter's Hill Yorkshire SK 33 97 GWC Lt Col W J Arnold High Green 77 Yes 3 Racecourse Original report from English Heritage, states: 296 High Green 53° 28' 7" N Northern Cmd Priswar High Green See Camp no.296 Sheffield 1° 30' 15" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field with very faint traces in the grass of regular shapes consistent with a former PoW Camp. 27Mar19 Camp 127 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. However, Camp 296 is included within the list Page 20 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 136 High Hall Camp Yorkshire SE 985 401 GWC Lt Col F N Ferriby 296 Brough 4 School Original report from English Heritage, states: Worthington MM Bishop Burton 53° 50' 52" N Northern Cmd Priswar Welton Site occupied by agriculture college Beverley 0° 30' 15" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage data Bishop Burton College of Agriculture. Specifically at the coordinates given it looks like a cricket pitch or similar with no evidence of the former PoW Camp.

136A Welton House Yorkshire SE 960 271 4 Residential Original report from English Heritage, states: 264 Welton 53° 43' 53" N Huts formerly sited woodland to east of house. See Camp no.264 Brough 0° 32' 46" W 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a housing estate with no evidence as to the former PoW camp at the given coordinates or nearby. 27Mar19 Camp 136A is likely to be a Subcamp or hostel of Camp 136 High Hall Camp Camp 264 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

158 North Burton Yorkshire TA 0774 7326 tbd Mixed 12Mar19 Burton Fleming 54° 8' 37" N National Archives Reference WO 166/17824 Bramham Park 0° 21' 7" W 158 (German) Prisoner of War Camp, North Burton, Burton Fleming, and Bramham Park, Yorkshire. 1000 prisoners arrived from 9 Prisoner of War Camp, 22 May 1945 27Mar19 Camp 158 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 03Apr19 A visual inspection of the OS and Google Map and Aerial views have identified a tentative location of the former PoW site as being on Mill Road at Burton Fleming Grange. Whilst several websites detail this camp I have yet to find one that gives the location as a series of unambiguous coordinates.

159 Butterwick Camp Yorkshire SE 995 719 Yes 2..4 Rural Original report from English Heritage, states: 163 Boythorpe 54° 7' 59" N Rectangular double wire enclosure with watchtowers, camp formed chiefly of tents. See Camp no.163 244 0° 28' 43" W 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field with no indications consistent with a former PoW Camp. However, there are building to the East and West that are consistent with a former camp. National Archives Reference WO 166/17819 163 Prisoner of War Camp (Eastern Command Cage) at Butterwick, Yorkshire. Camp moved from Lingfield, April 1945. German, Polish and Czech prisoners of war. 98 Allied nationals sent to other camps on 18 June 1945. Camp moved to Langtoft near Driffield, 11 September 1945 National Archines Reference WO 166/16292 South East Command 1 Command Cage (Prisoner of War Camp) at Lingfield. Prisoners include 35 Ukrainian other ranks received from 633 Russian Working Camp, 28 December 1944 27Mar19 Camp 159, 163 and 244 are not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that these camps closed prior to Feb47.

Page 21 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 162 Military Hospital Yorkshire SE 607 480 PW Hosp Major J T Corrie York 77271 York Visited 4 Commercial Original report from English Heritage, states: Naburn 53° 55' 28" N Northern Cmd Priswar York 12May19 Shopping Site occupied by a retail outlet York Centre 1° 4' 37" W WE V/1395/2 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage data a small shopping centre with no evidence as the presence of the former PoW Camp However, there a few buildings and compounds within a short distance that contain huts and sheds within compounds of the correct size and shape as other PoW Camps. The saved aerial map has been annotated to show the possible sites. Given that there is more than one camp number it is more than possible that more than one of the annotated locations is a former camp location. Note: This site is very close to the Racecourse Site PoW Camp 11 12May19 This former Hospital site was used as a PoW Hospital and as such counts as a PoW Camp. The hospital is now long gone and has been replaced by an out of town shopping centre – The Yorkshire Design Outlet. The English Heritage data gives the PoW Camp part of the site as the North Corner of what is now the car park. Without more data it is not possible to say where the hospital or PoW part of the site was, this and being under a time pressure to travel to the PoW Camp and Museum Edan camp and another site to visit on the way I limited my self to just taking a small number of photographs with both a DSLR and Drone Camera of this portion of the car park. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6684 - 6704 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p628924228 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6700 - 6704 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p448644976

164 Weston Lane Camp Yorkshire SE 1836 4654 4 Rural Original report from English Heritage, states: 245 Otley 53° 54' 53" N Site occupied by housing. See Camp no.245 1° 43' 19" W 01Apr19 Weston Lane has some possible location sites. The positional data included from English Heritage was wrong. I have marked a field with outlines of a road just off Western Lane in Otley.

172 Dog and Duck Cottage Yorkshire SE 79 71 Visited 3..4 Mixed 05Mar19 Norton-in-Malton 54° 7' 46" N 12May19 OS Aerial Map view shows at the 2-digit coordinates given a housing estate with no evidence as to the location of the 0° 47' 26" W former PoW Camp. Looking at the sounding area two possible sites have been identified on the aerial map view, these have been marked on the saved aerial view map. < Location > 01Apr19 < +/- 500m > There are what appear to be Nissen huts close by thus the location has been up-dated 12May19 The structures that on Google and OS Map Satellite views that appear to be Nissen Huts are in fact Barns. The location is that of a small farm attached to a mill and was used to process food crops. In front of the farm there is a large Mill Pond and Modern Housing – Lakeside Gardens It is speculated that the PoW camp may in fact have been replaced / redeveloped into the modern housing, but it is likely that there exists a link between the former PoW camp, the Mill and Farm as this was the typical sort of work that the PoWs were put to. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6706 – 6740 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p743585554

Page 22 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 178 Urebank Camp Yorkshire SE 317 730 Yes 2 Caravan Original report from English Heritage, states: Park 247 (Ure Bank) 54° 9' 6" N 101 huts of different types. Footings paths etc remain extant. See Camp no.247 Ripon 1° 30' 58" W 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a static caravan / holiday home site at the coordinates given. There are through additional sites nearby that may have housed additional camps or buildings especially as this camp / name is used for more than one camp. These additional locations have been marked on the aerial view map for this camp. This marking up includes the Golf Club as several have been built on the remains of former PoW Camps.

211 Scriven Hall Camp Yorkshire SE 343 583 4 Fields and Original report from English Heritage, states: Woods 121 Knaresborough 54° 1' 10" N See Camp no.121 905 1° 28' 40" W 05Mar19 This PoW Camp was also known as Scriven Camp and at some point, was number as 121 the number also used for the racecourse camp. See See http://scriven.wdfiles.com/local--files/examples/Pow%20Camp.pdf National Archive Reference WO 166/16301 905 Prisoner of War Camp for Soviet Nationals at Scriven near Knaresborough, Yorkshire. Russians and Poles. National Archive Reference WO 166/17827 905 Prisoner of War Camp for Soviet Nationals, at Scriven near Knaresborough, Yorkshire. Russians and Poles, including some named officers. Camp moved to Worthing, Sussex, in January 1945.

244 Butcher Hill Yorkshire SE 257 377 GWC Lt Col W E Leeds 55146 Leeds City LNER Yes 3..4 Abbey Original report from English Heritage, states: 245 Horsforth 53° 50' 5" N Northern Cmd Thompson Priscamp Leeds Central LMS Precise location not identified, NGR given for approx feature centre of Butcher Hill. Leeds 1° 36' 39" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the original data Hosford Leeds. The camps name is Butcher Hill and the OS map places that name and spot height to the west of the given coordinates. This rea to the west as well as the location of the given coordinates are both correct size and shape of a former PoW Site. Given that this place held two camps or rather two camp numbers have been used to designate this or these camps it is conceivable that both sites contained PoW Camps. The saved aerial map view has been marked to show both possible locations. 27Mar19 Camp 244 not included within the FO Camp list, although Camp 245 is. Therefore, it is logical to assume that Camp 244 closed prior to Feb47.

245 Butcher Hill Camp Yorkshire SE 2603 3748 GWC Lt Col W E Leeds 55146 Leeds City LNER Commercial 13Mar19 Leeds LS16 5BG 53° 49' 58" N Northern Cmd Thompson Priscamp Leeds Central LMS National Archines Reference FO 939/313 1° 36' 21" W WE V/1453/2 245 Working Camp, Butcher Hill Camp, Leeds, Yorkshire 01Apr19 Site is given as Coop on Butcher Hill Leeds via Abbey Grange School website: http://www.projectinspire.co.uk/butcher-hill-pow-camp.html

248 Norton Camp Yorkshire SK 3625 8175 GWC Lt Col V C Holland Woodseats Yes 3..4 Rural Original report from English Heritage, states: 45901/2 Cinderhill Lane 53° 19' 53" N Northern Cmd Residential Precise location not identified, NGR given for approx feature centre of Cinderhill lane. Norton Priscamp Sheffield 1° 27' 25" W WE V/1453/ 05Mar19 Sheffield OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage comments a housing estate with the coordinates centred on Cinderhill Lane. And there is no evidence of the site of the former PoW Camp. However, there are two sites very close together that are of the correct size and shape. One of the sites is now an electrical substation and the other is Mossbrook School. These sites are marked on the saved aerial view map.

Page 23 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 250 Thorpe Hall Yorkshire TA 1051 6787 Yes 3..4 Rural Original report from English Heritage, states: Rudston 54° 5' 41" N Former Army Divisional HQ reoccupied as a PoW Camp. Foot footings remain extant 0° 18' 42" W 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field with crops at the location given by the English Heritage with no signs of the former PoW Camp. However, a field to the east is a better match and seems to show the footings mentioned in the English Heritage data. This field and another location are marked on the saved aerial map view of this site. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies Camp 250 as Eden Camp. Given the proximately of the camps it is possible that at some point this camp moved to Edan, or that this camp is a Sub Camp or Hostel for Eden.

269 Rotherham Yorkshire 31Jul19 A PoW Camp 269 Camp located at Rotherham, Yorkshire is Identified though Pegasus Archive, although no actual name is given for the camp: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm

296 Ravensfield Yorkshire SK 4847 9550 Yes 3 Rural Original report from English Heritage, states: Park Camp 53° 27' 14" N Farmland Rotherham 1° 16' 17" W 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field of the size and shape of a former PoW site with very faint traces in the ground consistent with the presence of the type of buildings used in the camps. It is to be noted that there is a church / chapel and graveyard on the eastern boundary of the site 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies Camp 296 as Potters Hill Camp. Given the proximately of the camps it is possible that at some point this camp moved to Potters Hill, or that this camp is a Sub Camp or Hostel for Potters Hill

564 Stable Road Camp Yorkshire SE 651 283 Yes 3 Mixed Original report from English Heritage, states: Barlow 53° 44' 49" N Rural Camp associated with Barlow Ordnance Depot. 1° 0' 51" W Residential 05Mar19 Woods OS Aerial Map view shows a field of the correct size and shape of a PoW camp impinged on the northern part of the field by houses and with a woodland to the east. The field contains faint marks within the grass consistent with those of a PoW Camp.

585 Searchlight Site Camp Yorkshire SE 525 746 4 Rural Original report from English Heritage, states: Husthwaite 54° 9' 52" N Farmland Easingwold 1° 11' 50" W 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a large field with no evidence of the former camp; buildings or boundaries. 27Mar19 Camp 585 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 24 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 613 Stadium Camp Yorkshire SE 1735 9732 G W Coy Group Catterick 301 Ext 4 Military Original report from English Heritage, states: Administering 36 25 614 Catterick 54° 22' 15" N Northern Cmd See Camp no.662 & 664. (WO) 631 1° 44' 4" W WE V/1456/2 05Mar19 662 OS Aerial Map view shows a golf course at Catterick Garrison with no visible evidence of the former PoW Camp buildings 664 or boundaries. The garrison is large and a number of former PoW camps have been cleared and golf courses built on the site. Likewise, pre-war golf courses where used during the war as PoW Camps and restored post war. Given the above there has got to be a degree of uncertainty as to if this is the actual location of the former PoW Camp National Archive Reference FO 939/189 662 and 664 Working Camps, Stadium Camp, Catterick, Yorkshire 27Mar19 Camp 631 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. However, Camps 662 and 664 are included within the Feb47 FO List. 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for this project. I have yet to get a reply 30Jul19 Camps 613 and 614 are identified as Soviet Working camps on http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm

636 Cowick Hall Yorkshire SE 6555 2120 4 Mixed Original report from English Heritage, states: 691 West Cowick 53° 40' 59" N Rural Restored parkland. See Camp no.691. Snaith 1° 0' 32" W Residential 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Cowick Hall and Park with no visible evidence of the former PoW Camp buildings or boundaries. Again, as with many stately homes used as PoW Camps, they were restored post war and or PoWs may have been accommodated within the existing buildings. As such there is rarely anything to see on aerial maps. 27Mar19 Camps 636 and 691 are not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that these camps closed prior to Feb47.

637 Centenary Road Yorkshire SE 740 242 Yes 4 Residential Original report from English Heritage, states: Goole 53° 42' 32" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for approx centre of length of Centenary Road. 0° 52' 49" W 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a heavily built up area of housing along with Goole Academy school with no visible evidence of the former PoW Camp buildings or boundaries. Examining this location using Google Street View it is evident that the houses are pre-war. Given the above it is logical to conclude that the former PoW Camp was located within the school site 27Mar19 Camp 637 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

690 Thomas Street Camp Yorkshire SE 6188 3255 G W Coy Group Selby 314 Yes 4 School Original report from English Heritage, states: Administering 14 Selby 53° 47' 8" N Northern Cmd Precise location not identified. NGR for Thomas Street. (WO) 1° 3' 44" W WE V/1270/4 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows built up area of housing along with a school at the coordinates given but with no visible evidence of the former PoW Camp buildings or boundaries. There is an allotment and scrub land a few hundred meters of the given coordinates, but these are over a railway line and thus are however appealing they look on the aerial map as being of the right size shape and general look of a camp have to be ruled out. Given that Thomas street as seen now is very small, the location of the river and railway lines it is 90% probable that he former PoW camp was located where Barlby Bridge Community Primary school now stands. Page 25 of 174

Table 1 Northern England

2 3 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 902 Braham Camp Yorkshire 30Jul19 for Soviet Nationals This camp is identified as for Soviet Nationals within the Pegasus Archive Boston Spa

906 Scarcroft Camp Yorkshire 31Jul19 for Soviet Nationals This camp is identified as for Soviet Nationals within the Pegasus Archive Scarcroft Leeds

907 Ketwell Lane Camp Yorkshire 30Jul19 for Soviet Nationals This camp is identified as for Soviet Nationals within the Pegasus Archive Hodon Hull

1007 No.14 Armoured Fighting Yorkshire SE 6002 2848 G W Coy Group Burn 216 Ext 13 Visited 4 Active Original report from English Heritage, states: Vehicle Depot Administering 14 Airfield 53° 44' 34.66" N Northern Cmd 11May19 Former RAF Burn airfield. Precise location not identified. NGR for approx. centre of airfield, numerous (WO) (A.F.V.D.) 1° 5' 52.22" W WE V/1270/4 dispersed accommodation sites. Burn 05Mar19 Selby < Location > < Verified > OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage data the former RAF Burn airfield. However, there is no visible evidence of the former PoW Camp buildings or boundaries at the given coordinates. As per other airfields the PoW Camp could have been sited at the domestic or technical sites on the airfield, dispersed sites or in a wire compound in the centre of the A pattern runways. 11May19 I visited this site on route between my trip to Wales and Westcliffe Training Area and Eden Camp. In short this was a convenient stopping off point. However, the visit and the site turned up to be more than initially anticipated. The former PoW Site was set up it is presumed following the German surrender and was in an accommodation area associated with the former RAF Burn. The airfield is now used by a civilian gliding club and my visit occurred on a weekend with the site being active. I discussed my project with a number of the glider club members and was told some of the history of the site including the location of the accommodation areas of the camp and the whereabout of surviving buildings and trace evidence of demolished buildings. Because of the information given I was able to locate and shoot a number of images in and around the South west part of the airfield that included a Nissen But and brick building along with rubble from now demolished structures. NOTE: this being an active airfield at weekends I was prohibited from using my Drone, but I was told that it was more than okay to fly a drone on the site during the weekdays having had positive confirmation that the airfield was not in use. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 6116 – 6213 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p653042250

1015 Station Road Yorkshire SE 4798 4323 G Wkg Coy Group Tadcaster 3151 4 Mixed Original report from English Heritage, states: Administering 14 Residential Tadcaster 53° 52' 58" N Northern Cmd Precise location not identified. NGR for Station Road. (WO) Commercial 1° 16' 17" W WE V/1270/4 05Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Station Road Tadcaster with no direct evidence as to the PoW camp at the coordinates given. This road though is quite small, and the camp may have been sighted in a number of locations along the street that have since been redeveloped or centred around one or the existing buildings. The saved aerial map view has been marked up with possible sites but without additional information it is not possible to state where the camp was.

Page 26 of 174

5 PoW Camps in Midlands and East Anglia

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

26 Barton Field Camp, Ely Cambridgeshire TL 5353 7957 G.W. Coy 4 Golf Course 01Mar19 CB7 4HX 52° 23' 33" N Eastern Cmd OS Map Aerial views 0° 15' 17" E As the comment says it’s a golf course and as such it looks like it has been cleared National Archives Reference FO 939/110 26 Working Camp, Barton Field Camp, Ely, Cambridgeshire National Archives Reference WO 166/5979 Miscellaneous: Prisoners Of War Camps: 26 Prisoner of War Camp at Ely, Cambridgeshire. Prisoners included Italians. National Archives Reference WO 166/10296 26 Prisoner of War Camp at Ely, Cambridgeshire. Prisoners included Italians. TL 4396 5385 45 Trumpington Camp Cambridgeshire G.C.W Lt Col R K Stanley Trumpington 351/2 Cambridge Visited 4 Urban 26Feb19 52° 9' 51" N 24May19 180 Trumpington CB2 9LT 0° 6' 11" E Eastern Cmd Priswar OS Map Aerial views show a site being cleared for being built on Trumpington revisit National Archives Reference FO 939/127 << Location >> needed << Verified >> 45 Working Camp, Trumpington Camp, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire National Archives Reference FO 939/176

180 Working Camp, Trumpington Camp, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire National Archives Reference FO 939/311 180 Working Camp, Trumpington Camp, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire and Radwinter Camp, Saffron Walden, Essex, 24May19 This site is a difficult one. I arrived late afternoon / early evening with the sun low in the sky. I found that the access road that I had planned to take to this site had been blocked off for car but was accessible on foot or bike. I have a serious spinal injury and simply put I was unable to walk that far. The site or rather the land adjacent to the site is currently being built on as by Barratt Homes as Trumpington Meadows. From what I could see it was an extensive development and I took a few images with my camera and drone, but I had problems owing to the relative position of the sun and myself. From what I can tell the new housing development had yet to encroach on the site of the former PoW Camp but there is a chance it may. Hence although I took some images of the development and have caught a part of the site of the former PoW Camp in some but not all the frames, this site needs to be revisited, perhaps at a time of days when the builders are actually there and then they can let me though? Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7757 to 7787 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p190919403 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7772 to 7787 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p142786341 27Jul19 Using Google Earth historic aerial view the location of the camp has been slightly up-dated as follows: From: TL 441 541 To: TL4396 5385 This site is thus immediately to the south of the access road and gateway where I flew my drone from and my image of the gate. 31Jul19 PoW Camp 180 Identified though Pegasus Archive: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm

Page 27 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

59 Sawtry Camp Cambridgeshire TL 1842 8202 GWC Lt Col J G M B Sawtry 55 Abbotts Ripton Visited 2 Rural 02Mar19 Eastern Cmd Cooke MC Woodwalton Lane 52° 25' 24" N Priswar Sawtry 24May19 OS Map Aerial view shows two possible sites of the former PoW Camp along Woodwalton lane. W.E V/1453/2 Sawrtry 0° 15' 35" W Possibility 1 – this looks like a possible PoW Site and or an unground facility such as a reservoir or a defence bunker of some sort. << Location >> nd << Verified >> The 2 possibility is now a solar farm. On-line there are images of huts etc as evidence of the PoW site, but it is not possible to distinguish the location from those images. I have annotated both locations on the saves aerial map view National Archives Reference FO 939/140 59 Working Camp, Sawtry Camp, Sawtry, Huntingdonshire 24May19 The site location given by English Heritage was wrong, the site is located at TL 1842 8202 and not at TL19 82 and is within a compound within land owned by Abbey Farm. The site as it exists now is the remains of the last pumping station for a large underground pipeline used to transfer aviation fuel from Liverpool to the now closed US Airbase at Alconbury which a few kilometres to the south of the site is. Following on from WWII the US needed to supply fuel to a number of large airbases in Cambridgeshire and an underground pipeline was built to do this. Underground Tanks, Pumps, Power Generation and other infrastructure was built at this site to supply Alconbury and other bases with fuel. Alconbury closed a few years ago and it looks like this site did to. In talking to the farmer that owns Abbey Farm but not this site which is within the farm said that the site used to be heavily manned and was a secure site. Now when you approach the site you come across a corroded barrier and the remains of what used to be a guard post. As you get to the site itself you can see that the fence and gates are there but have holes in them and that the site has been vandalised with graffiti and a degree of fly tipping. There are signs up saying that’s it is private property and monitored and when you approach the double gate a Yellow and Blue Security Device sounds off along with a recorded voice saying that you are being monitored and that the police and Site Owners etc have been informed. All of which in my case was fine as I had no intention of entering the site as I was on my own and being disabled it simply was not safe, also I could achieve my objective in talking my photographs from outside the fence. The site as it exists today consists of two fenced enclosures with entry through a double gate system and guard room. The smaller of two fenced compounds is to the left of the entrance and contains a couple of old PoW Accommodation type huts that have been vandalised and or neglected along with a lot of cleared space. The main compound is I guess is an abounded version of what the site was when used to supply fuel to Alconbury except that it is neglected and has been subject to minor vandalism. As a personal note I do not see why anyone would have actually purchased the site and then take steps to protect it other than for the scrap vale of the metal on the site which must be low. The site is bound to have been contaminated with fuels and contain underground structures all of which would have to be made safe before the site could be developed and it is surrounded with greenfield sites more suitable for and cheaper to develop. I took a series of photos all from outside the compounds using a DSLR and Drone cameras. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7481 to 7547 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p362464669 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7518 to 7544 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p265647753

71 Lower Hare Park Cambridgeshire TL 592 595 GPC Companies Cambridge Visited 4 Residential 26Feb19 Administered 655, 54441/2/3 London Road CB8 0TS 52° 12' 38" N Eastern Cmd 25May19 OS Map Aerial views show a very distinctive farm or something similar with a surrounding double hedgerow 680, 1025 Newmarket 0° 19' 43" E NOTE: PoW Camp 71 in FO List is identified as Sheriffhales Camp

<< Location >> 25May19 << Verified >> Whilst the shape and outer boundaries of this former PoW Site has been preserved and thus its location can be verified the buildings and fencing including foundations have all been removed. The site of the former PoW Camp is now occupied by a field within a larger farm. This field is used by cattle and to store equipment as such the landowner only permitted images to be taken from outside the field. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7871 to 7891 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p208743681

Page 28 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

90 Friday Bridge Cambridgeshire TF 4548 0417 G.C.W Friday Bridge 253 & Coldham Visited 1 Residential 26Feb19 256 Wisbech PE14 0LR 52° 36' 56" N Eastern Cmd 28May19 Commercial OS Map Aerial views shows a rectangular rea with buildings inside. 0° 8' 50" E Priswar Wisbech I am sure I have stayed at this place as a Youth Hostel and if it is what I think then YES this is a must visit

<< Location >> Revisit National Archives Reference FO 939/171 << Verified >> needed 90 Working Camp, Friday Bridge Camp, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 28May19 This site is an intact camp and used by a company called WMS Recruitment for the accommodation of contract farm workers in an open facility not unlike its usage after the immediate end of the war. On the day I visited the site the company owner was on holiday and staff there would not give me permission to photograph the site without permission from the company owner. Because of this I have a single image shot on in the entrance of the camp and a revisit is needed at a time and date to be agreed with the owners. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 9038 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p611965231

130 West Fen Militia Camp Cambridgeshire TL 533 809 4 Residential 26Feb19 Ely CB6 3AH 52° 24' 16" N OS Map Aerial views shows the middle of a housing estate 0° 15' 7" E

141 Beeson House Camp Cambridgeshire TL 190 625 GWC Lt Col F W St Neots 184 St Neots Visited 4 Residential 02Mar19 Hargreaves St Neots 52° 14' 52" N Eastern Cmd Priswar St Neots 24May19 Precise location not identified, NGR given for Beeson Close, Little Paxton, St Neots Little Paxton 0° 15' 30" W W.E V/1453/2 OS Map Aerial view shows a housing estate with allotments fields and water way and pools close by.

<< Location >> A basic on-line search for “Beeson Hose” comes up empty which implies that it no longer exists. << Verified >> Without any further evidence or information, it is not possible to locate the site of the former PoW Camp. 14Mar19 From Harrington Aviation Museum website Prisoner of War Camp The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Beeson House, known as Camp 141. This was a work camp for German prisoners. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed. 24May19 The site of this former PoW Camp has as expected been lost to modern development in that a housing estate is now to be found in its place. The St Neots local history WordPress website gives details as to the former PoW camp at the weblink below, in addition to defining the location of the four corners of the site: https://paststneots.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/prisoner-of-war-camps-in-st-neots/

TL 189 626 TL 191 626

TL 189 624 TL 191 624

The above figures are broadly in line with the English Heritage Data, but more importantly are consistent in terms of the street lay out on the map and the general size of a PoW Camp. On the ground the site was very much as expected and I found some interesting some locations and shoots the most interesting of which in term of a WWII was a mural painted within a bus stop. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7548 to 7577 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p450264222

Page 29 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

150 150 (Italian) Cambridgeshire TL 4791 5650 Visited 4 Residential 12Mar19 Prisoner of War Camp CB1 3TN 52° 11' 12" N 25May19 National Archives Reference WO 166/17823 Cherry Hinton 0° 9' 44" E 150 (Italian) Prisoner of War Camp at Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire 16Mar19 << Location >> This site is now made up of a housing adjacent to a School and playing fields with no evidence as to the former PoW Camp << Verified >> 24May19 Cherry Hinton Park is a public place with sculptured grounds and lots of play kit for kits, parks and gardens along with public art and easy access and car parks. The House itself is now a nursery school. Whilst there are many information signs within the park giving the history of the place I did not come across any that detailed the history of the park in WWII or any mention, sign or evidence as to the location of the former PoW Camp. I took a number of assorted photos within the park. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7788 to 7843 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p108949619 27Jul19 Google Earth Historic Map view shows the site of the PoW Cap as being on the West Boundary of the current Cherry Hilton Park. With the Nissen Huts straddling Walpole Road

Page 30 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

279 Militia Camp Cambridgeshire TL 1736 9275 GWC Lt Col G C Cooper Yaxley 261 Farcet Visited 3 Overgrown 02Mar19 Yaxley Farcet 52° 31' 12" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Yaxley 24May19 Remains in OS Map Aerial view shows that whilst there may have been some building to the east of the site the actual site is well Woods 0° 16' 18" W W.E V/1453/2 defined but has been cleared and covered in scrub and or trees

National Archives Reference FO 939/315 < Location >> << Verified >> 279 Working Camp, Glatton Airfield Camp, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Militia Camp, Yaxley, Lincolnshire. 24May19 Yaxley is just to the south of Peterborough and is on the urban / countryside boundary. The views of the remains of tis camp via Google and Ordinance Survey are deceptive in that the camp looks like a medium sized camp with next to nothing there. This is not case. Access to the site is via small road just of the main road from Yaxley to Peterborough. The roadway into the camp and major accessways and hardstanding’s all of concrete have survived. On the way in you see a concrete square with tress and scrub to the side though which you can see the remains of brick and concrete structures. As you walk into the main camp are you come across what is basically a large square common / lawn / parade ground that is overgrown and has a concrete path all the way around it. Whilst I was walking and looking around here, I came across lots of plants and wildlife including fox’s and rabbits as well as a caterpillar cocoon. I also came across some dog walkers who told me a bit about the site. I was told that the site was as I had guessed very large and that it held in the region of 2,000 mainly Italian PoWs who worked at local farms as well as at the Sand and Clay Quarries to the north of the site what are now water pits in the production of bricks. I was also told that the last buildings on the site were taken down some 10 to 15 years ago. As a personnel footnote given that this camp is called Militia Camp, I assume that it was originally built for what we would now call the army reserves and what was once known as the Yeomanry / Servers / Territorial Army before it became a PoW Camp. In the woods at the north end of the site I found multiple hut bases some with trees growing though that produced some great images. I also came across shelters with firepits that someone had built within the woods that where mainly oak, larch, and beech. I shot images of the site with both a DSLR and Drone Cameras. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7376 to 7480 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p465479232 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7439 to 7480 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p133841186 31Jul19 The Pegasus Archive website calls this Camp Glatton Airfield Camp. The original English Heritage entry called the camp Militia Camp. There is 6Km between the camp I have visited and the former Glatton Airfield. Given that I have visited Yaxley seen the site and building remains. And I have talked to people who also said that the PoWs worked in the Brickworks that can be seen in other Map images I would have to assume that the camp moved between the sites at some point or one was the Sub Camp of the other

Page 31 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

1025 Histon Camp Cambridgeshire TL 4616 6210 Visited Original report from English Heritage, states: Hilton Road / Milton Road, 52° 14' 15" N 25May19 Precise location not identified. NGR for Milton Road. Cambridge German Working Company 0° 8' 20" E

Revisit 01Mar19 << Location >> required OSS & Google Map Aerial views show a mixture of agriculture, what appear to be market gardens, and housing. << Verified >> There are no obvious signs or potential sites or clues thus far for the location of this camp, as such the Map View image of this camp covers a wide area

25May19 Histon is located to the North of Cambridge and north of the A14 Around Cambridge The location given by English Heritage contains no evidence of a former PoW Camp and lays between Impington and Milton rather than Histon The site was visited on the 25May19 as part of a larger East Anglia Trip. The location given is that of a large field set to wheat and a revisit is needed when and if the actual site is located. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7844 to 7869 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p359062894 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7851 to 7869 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p210074507 27Jul19 Using Google Earth Maps that show aerial views from 19454 the site has now been located and coordinates changed from: From: TL 4566 6371 To: TL 4616 6210 This site straddles the A14 with part of the site within Cambridge Science Park on the south side of the road and fields on the north side

5 The Hayes Derbyshire SK 4075 5234 1945 Camp 179 Yes 3 Commercial Original report from English Heritage, states: 13 Swanwick DE55 1AU 53° 4' 0" N Lt. Col. R.C.G. Joy Large complex of huts and tents enclosed by double perimeter fence and guard towers. See Camp no. 13, 58 and 58 1° 23' 35" W 297 179 Former Heavy Anti-aircraft battery (HAA Bty) 297 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views show empty fields to the south of The Hayes Conference Centre. There Is also a grass airstrip to the south of the site Note from Wikipedia The Hayes gained notoriety during World War II, when it served as a prisoner of war camp for both German and Italian prisoners. Franz von Werra, a Luftwaffe officer, escaped from here; he was recaptured at nearby RAF Hucknall, while trying to steal an aircraft. A film entitled The One That Got Away, and starring Hardy Krüger, was made of his exploits. National Archives Reference WO 166/5978: Miscellaneous: Prisoners of War Camps: 13 Prisoner of War Camp, at Swanwick, Derbyshire. National Archives Reference WO 166/10295 13 Prisoner of War Camp at Swanwick, Derbyshire 25Mar19 This PoW Camp is not included in the 1947 FO list. Likewise PoW Camp numbers 13, 179, 297 are also not in the list 31Jul19 PoW Camp Number; 5, 13, 58, 179 and 296 Identified though Pegasus Archive: Red Cross Inspection report: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/cB_Hayes_History1.htm Map of Camps at The Hays: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Hayes/PicHayes_Map.htm Report on a PoW Oberleutnant Franz von Werra: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/franz_von_werra.htm

Page 32 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

23 Sudbury Camp23 Derbyshire SK 1596 3329 B.C Lt Col P R Ayers MC Tutbury 6401 Sudbury Yes 3 Market Original English Heritage information states: Garden 1004 No 1 Camp Sudbury1004 DE6 5HW 52° 53' 48" N Western Cmd Priswar Sudbury Originally a military hospital, presently a prison. See Camp no.1023 No 1 Camp Sudbury1023 Derbyshire Prison Farm 1023 1° 45' 51" W W.E V/202/423 26Feb19 Oaks Green Sudbury W.E V/1270/41004 OS Map Aerial views show What could be buildings and or greenhouses built on the base of old huts ???? Sudbury is also the site of a modern UK Prison National Archives Reference FO 939/107 23 Base Camp, Sudbury Camp, Derbyshire

58 Nether Heage Camp Derbyshire SK 3567 5057 GWC Lt Col W A Dickens Ambergate 156 & Butterley Yes 4 Rural 28Feb19 248 Belper 53° 3' 4" N Northern Cmd MC 41 OS Map Aerial views of these two digital coordinates do not show and obvious signs of a former PoW Camp. 1° 28' 9" W W.E V/1453/2 Priswar Belper However, there is a factory or industrial unit that is close by called Masterdor Ltd at Firs Works. This place is just the right size to have been the PoW Camp 05Apr19 Following a request for assistance from members of the Royal Photographic Society I was contacted by a lady called Angela who actually confirmed my guess as to the location as below: Hi Martin Heage isn’t actually in the Peak District it is just outside it. Location grid reference is approximately SK 3567 5057 where the works are marked on the map This is a link to the newspaper article about the application to build on the land: https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/business/175-homes-planned-site-former-1976334 I can tell you it was occupied by male Italian POWs as my father-in-law used to swear at them in Italian when they were brought into Belper to go to the cinema. I’m sure that if you contacted the right people you would be able to gain access to the land but there is a public footpath running next to the site and it is visible from the road. Sorry I can’t be more helpful than that re access. Reading the article Garner Holdings might be the people to contact or once the Amber Valley website is back up you might get more contact details off the planning application. According to the article it was camp No 58. Good luck Angela Location updated From: SK 36 50 to SK 3567 5057

248 New Drill Hall Derbyshire SK 390 640 Yes 3 Commercial 26Feb19 Clay Cross S45 9AG 53° 10' 18" N OS Map Aerial views shows industrial estate 1° 25' 4" W 25Mar19 This PoW Camp is not included in the 1947 FO list. Likewise PoW Camp number 248 are also not in the list

634 Alvaston Camp Derbyshire SK 3786 3455 GWCoy Derby 59454 634 4 Sports Original English Heritage data states: Ground 1008 Meadow Lane D24 8QQ 52° 54' 25" N Northern Cmd Derby 59214 1008 Former RAF barracks associated with the nearby barrage balloon centre. See Camp no.1008. Alvaston 1° 26' 18" W W.E. V/1456/2 26Feb19 Derby OS Map Aerial views shows large outdoor sports complex with multiple pitches Note: Camp 1008 is listed as Cheshire

Page 33 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

634 Weston Camp Derbyshire SK 3960 2818 Yes 1 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Weston-on-Trent DE72 2BE 52° 50' 58" N Irregular plan camp enclosed by a wire perimeter fence. Derby 1° 24' 48" W 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows Tower Farm with clearly delineated boundaries Looks like this Camp is partially intact! Note: This camp is very close to Camp 635 25Mar19 This PoW Camp is not included in the 1947 FO list. Likewise PoW Camp number 634 is listed as Alvaston

635 Weston Camp Derbyshire SK 3955 2778 German Working Yes 1 Farm Original English Heritage data states: King's Newton 52° 50' 45" N Company Tarasiyka Ukranian Youth Centre. 1° 24' 51" W 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows various buildings and structures and is marked as per original comments Note: This camp is very close to Camp 634 25Mar19 The 1947 FO list of PoW Camp does not include this camp therefore it is assumed hat this camp closed prior to February 1947. 30Jul19 The Pegasus Archive identifies this site as a USSR Working Company Camp

Page 34 of 174

4 Scraptoft Leicestershire SK 650 061 B.C Lt Col E Howell Thurnby 437 Visited 2 Scrub Visited 21 Oct 18 MBE. MC Thurnby LE7 9SG 52° 38' 55" N Western Cmd Priswar Thurnby 21Oct18 Woodland This site is now a field that is boarded by other fields as well as a local golf club. Leicester 1° 2' 26" W W.E. V/202/4 24Nov18 On the road opposite the site a number of new houses have been built and there is a proposal to build housing on the

PoW Site. << Location >> 05Jan19 As to the status of the site it is now covered in part by trees and is currently being used to graze horses. << Verified >> 26Apr19 A small brick building exists close to the main road with evidence of other brick buildings close by. 12Jun19 The various “Huts” have gone however, the base of many of the huts remain along with a number of scattered items such 14Jun19 as fence posts etc… 31Jul19 Image ID: Photo 2018 10 2078 - 2167 Visited 24Nov18 Took some images with the camera raised on a 4m stand in order to better show the lay of the land Image ID: Photo 2018 11 3246 – 3266 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p999559835 Visited 05Jan19 A cold and frosty morning. I parked up next to a gate that led to the golf course a little bit further away where I had previously parked. Attached to a telegraph pole was a planning application notice. This notice sums up the point of the project in that it seeks to record the few remaining PoW sites before they go. I went deeper into the site and found evidence of fly typing – again this is why this project is running. I also discovered to the village side of the site two intact hut bases with the remains of the bases and structures around the site Image ID: Photo 2019 02 0267 – 0557 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p999559835 Note: Location up-dated with actual coordinates the original 2-digit ones where incorrect. Also note the OS Aerial Map shows almost nothing there – let this be a lesion as the results on the ground are different as the bases of several huts as well as fencing and demolition rubbish is to be found at this site National Archives Reference FO 939/87 4 Repatriation Camp, Scraptoft Camp, Scraptoft, Leicestershire 21Mar19 Visited National Archives Kew and read Foreign office file FO 939/87 and discovered that the file contains copies of Prison Inspection Reports from 1947. The report detailed the camp in a standardised format and included the following information: 2205 prisoners in the main camp accommodated in huts, 205 staff on 13Nov47. Reports do not state any hostels, sub camps or billeted prisoners. A copy of the report can be found on line, at: https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p76760708 26Apr19 Visited the site of the former PoW Camp it was bright day with a little bit of wind. May be not the best of condition for what I had in mind, but I went ahead anyway – I used my new drone for the 1st time. I was finally able to get some shots that showed the remains of the camp hut bases at the front of the camp. I tried the back end of the site and got some okay images included elevated shots of some I had taken before But the shot at the front of the site appear to have validated the idea behind getting the drone. Image ID Photo 2019 04 3082 – 3300 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p999559835 12Jun19 & 14Jun19 My master’s degree is an important driving element to this project and as such I am interleaving this PoW Camp with the Master’s Degree work. Module PHO703 Surfaces and Strategies in part is looking at the reproduction and reshooting of photos. Some old photos exist of the PoW Camp or rather some oblique images exist of Straptoft hall that show the camp in the background. My intention on the two visits that cover this entry was to shot using my drone images that replicate the old photos. Although I only had my drone at just over a 100ft on my visit on the 12th I was affected by low cloud, hence I did a return visit on the 14th. I have as part of the archive added the old images. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9068 to 9112

Page 35 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p999559835 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9068 to 9110: Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p721907409 Image ID: 2019 06 9111 to 9112 Reference https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p732982938 31Jul19 Another revisit to this site. The idea behind this trip was to shoot some drone video of the site for use within the Submission material towards my MA. In shooting this video I noted some more fencing has gone up on the edge of the camp near the main road. Additional small triangles of fences have appeared on the site. Image ID: Photo 2019 07 0672 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p999559835 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p721907409 Drone Video ID: Raw 2019 07 0761 Drone

9 Quorn Camp Leicestershire SK 564 160 B.C Lt Col H A Denison Quorn 221 Barrow on Sour Visited 2 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: MC & Quorn LMS 183 Wood Lane LE12 8EX 52° 44' 19" N Northern Cmd Priswar Quorn 19May19 STANDARD type. See Camp no.183 Quorn, (Quorndon) 1° 9' 57" W Quorn & W.E. V/202/4 Visited 27Jan19 Woodhouse << Location >> LNER I visited the park to find the place and grounds covered with some Private Keep out signs as such I am going to try and << Verified >> contact the landowners before I go on the site as the area that the camp was in is some distance from public roads No images yet….. 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows the remains of hut bases and pathways for most of the site. It is also evident from the map views and reference to other data that the east side of the site has been lost to housing National Archives Reference FO 939/93 9 Repatriation Camp, Quorn Camp, Loughborough, Leicestershire National Archives Reference FO 939/98 9 Base Camp, Quorn Camp, Leicestershire and 9 Reception Camp, Kempton Park Camp, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex 14Mar19 From Harrington Aviation Museum Website WW2 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Quorn, called Camp 9. This was a standard type, purpose-built camp, which held Italian prisoners. Common buildings and facilities at standard camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. Later in the war the site was renamed Camp 183 and is known to have held German prisoners who worked on local farms as agricultural labourers. It could have been in use up until 1948. Later became an army camp The site is currently occupied by housing and parkland. http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/premises-sites-etc-within-30-miles- of-harrington-museum-28.03.17.pdf 25Mar19 The FO List of PoW Camps list Camp 9 but not camp 183. Therefore it is assumed that Camp193 may have closed by Feb47. 19May19 Being unable to gain full access to the site the images shot are simple long range drone imagers from height and from a public road. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7178 to 7210 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p415195996 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7178 to 7210 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p363643373

Page 36 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

28 Knighthorpe Camp Leicestershire SK 5057 19052 GWC Lt Col E A Loughborough Loughborough Visited 4 Residential Visited 27Jan19 Walmisley 2393 LMS Ashby Road 52°46'0.24"N Northern Cmd 31Jan19 I visited Quorn House to find the place and grounds covered with some very large Private Keep out Trespassers will be Loughborough 1°15'8.84"W Priswar Prosecuted as such I am going to try and contact the land owners before I go on the site as the area that the camp was in W.E. V/1453/2 06Feb19 Loughborough is some distance from public roads Note: also known as: << Location >> 13Feb19 Visited 31Jan19 Garendon Park, << Verified >> I made an initial site visit whilst awaiting permission from the landowners.

I took a small number of images of a Folly called the Temple of Venus. Image ID Photo 2019 01 0226 to 0265 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p11376284 06Feb19 I visited Squire De Lisle who’s family owned Garendon Hall and Park and interviewed him about the history of the Park and was kindly given permission to photograph the Park. He was able to tell me that Garendon held German PoWs and that Hathern 590 was used to house Italian PoWs. He also told be as expected that the buildings have now gone the last ones being from Hathern. In the case of Garendon its self the area of the PoW camp has now been built over. 13Feb19 Visited the site of Garendon Hall and was able to photograph the inside of the Shooting Lodge Map room. I went on to photograph the site of the former Garendon Hall then moved to the words on the East of the existing park looking for the fence of the former PoW that I believe should be under a housing development. I went on to photograph the houses and found more UK Gov standard concrete fence poles on the boundary between Garendon Park and the housing estate that may have been part of the PoW Camp. Image ID Photo 2019 02 1280 to 1478 And Photo 2019 02 1634 to 1640 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p11376284 National Archines Reference FO 939/112 28 Working Camp, Knight Thorpe Camp, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire National Archines Reference WO 166/10297 28 Prisoner of War Camp at Garendon Park (Loughborough) National Archines Reference WO 166/5980 28 Prisoner of War Camp at Garendon Park (Loughborough). Prisoners included Italians. 25 Italian tradesmen arrived 6 November 1941. 3 Italians killed in a motor accident 12 November 1941. 24Jul19 I have had information from Pete Wood in that through his research he was able to locate the camp centre as being 52°46'0.24"N 1°15'8.84"W. This location lines up with the information I have already got and with the first few photographs that I took of the Housing estate

Page 37 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

49 Farndon Road Camp Leicestershire SP 7251 8648 GWC Lt Col J J Jolliffe Market Market Visited 3..4 Residential 28Feb19 MBE. MC. MM Harborough 2412 Harborough (Harrington Camp) LE16 9NP 52° 28' 17" N W.E. V/1453/2 01May19 Commercial OS Map Aerial views shows a modern housing estate Farndon Fields Farm 0° 56' 2" W Priswar Market National Archines Reference FO 939/131 Market Harborough Harborough << Location >> 49 Working Camp, Farm Road Camp, Market Harborough, Leicestershire << Verified >> 14Mar19 From Harrington Aviation Museum website PRISONER OF WAR CAMP After World War 2 when the Americans had left the air base, the former airfield accommodation alongside the Harrington – Kelmarsh Road was used for German prisoners of war PRISONER OF WAR CAMP May have contained both German and Italian prisoners who worked on local farms Known as Farndon Road Camp No 49 (Harrington Camp). A Second World War prisoner of war camp at Farndon Road, Market Harborough (SP 725 864), known as Camp 49. It was a purpose-built, standard type camp. Common buildings and facilities at standard type camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. It is classified as a German working camp. It is currently a caravan park 01May19 I visited this site and took a number of photos of what is now Farndon Fields Farm shop. I took a number of photographs outside the farm shop then on seeing the shop manager I obtained permission to take some photos inside the actual shop. On leaving the shop and taking some more photos I meet gentleman in an Land rover parked up at the stores delivery entrance. He may have been the shops / sites actual owner. He told me that during WWWII the site occupied by the Farndon Fields farm Shop was still an open field. He also went on to tell me that the site was located in the next lot and that the Army effectively took a slice out of the existing fields. He said that the PoW Camp occupied what is now the site of a number of Prefab houses to one site and an industrial estate. He also told me that there was a spoil heap of sorts that contained a large number of discarded bottles located on what is now a buildings site and new housing estate where a friend of mine happens to live. This gentleman also told me that until recently there was a Nissen Hut on the site – I assume that he meant a part of the industrial estate. Given this information I have updated the coordinates given for the site: From: SP 725 864 To: SP 7251 8648 I took a number of photographs of the prefab / caravan type houses. Having done this I used by Drone to take a number of aerial images of the site including the prefab buildings, the industrial estate, building site and Fandon fields farm shop and the surrounding area. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 349 – 3500 (Farndon Fields farm Shop) Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3501 to 3551 (PoW Site) Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3519 to 3551 (Drone) https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p923462061

Page 38 of 174

94 Gaulby Road Leicestershire SK 717 021 Visited 3 Allotments Visited 09Dec18 Billesdon LE7 9BH 52° 36' 43" N 28Feb19 Parkland This is without doubt the most interesting site that I have visited to date. 0° 56' 33" W 31Jul19 Woods The buildings on this site have been cleared and a significate portion of this site is now Billesdon Commercial Waste

Disposal. << Location >> Lake << Verified >> Re-Cycling However, other parts of the site have been sort of turned into a public access space as “The Billesdon Woodland Pool and Depot has been supported by the Local Heritage Initiative. Signs have been put up about the PoW Camp. Whilst all of the buildings have been cleared from this site the same is not true f the fences. ALL of the WWII Concrete Fence posts and gates have been retained on the site. In some cases, various posts are no longer used. Whereas, in other case the old WWII wires have been replaced with modern material but hung on the old WWII standard concrete posts Image ID: Photo 2018 12 13399 to 13495 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p948084095 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial view shows the site of the PoW Camp. However, it does not show any visible remains National Archives Reference FO 939/174 94 Working Camp, Gaulby Road Camp, Billesdon, Leicestershire 21Mar19 Visited National Archives Kew and read Foreign office file FO 939/174 and discovered that the file contains copies of Prison Inspection Reports from 1947. The report detailed the camp in a standardised format and included the following information: Total strength of 1337 Germain PoW of which 594 where in the main camp and 686 in Hostels and 57 in Billeted as of 11 to 13Sep47. Reports over several documents identify hostels at the towns and villages below but do not include the actual address: Asfordby Drayton Enderby Kibworth Market Harborough Reasby Somerby Wartnaby Wigston The report states that the accommodation mess is to be found at Thornwood Guest House London Road Leicester – it is not clear though if this is the Billeted location for PoWs or is for the camp guards. A copy of the report can be found online, at: https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p329324610 31Jul19 I revisited the site with the intention of making a small drone video and to get into the Council Depot. The Depot remained closed despite signs saying that it should be open. Whilst I took a number of Drone photos of the site covering the Depot the video turned out to be shorter than intended. Having put the drone away I went to the outer camp area and reshot a number of images before going into what is left of the camp. On my previous visit early in the year the years the site was relatively clear and sunny. This time there were a large number of high wildflowers. Also on walking into a part of the woodland I came across a large 2Tree House” that I had previously missed. Image ID: Photo 2019 07 0547 to 0670 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p948084095 Image ID: Photo 2019 07 0547 to 0607 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p51230964 Drone Video ID: RAW 2019 07 0545 Drone

152 Old Liberal Club Leicestershire SK 47 19 Yes 4 Residential 14Mar19 Charnwood Road Commercial The Harrington Museum Website gives the following about this site: Shepshed Page 39 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP Known as Camp No 152 there was a German Working Camp at the Old Liberal Club 25Mar19 The FO List of PoW Camps list Camp 9 but not camp 183. Therefore it is assumed that Camp193 may have closed by Feb47.

167 Shady Lane, Stoughton, Leicestershire SK 627 024 GWC Lt Col E L Farnell Oadby 584 Visited 4 Arboretum Visited 03Feb19 Leicester LE2 2FA 52° 36' 56" N Northern Cmd Priswar Oadby 14Mar19 Nothing of the site an army or PoW Camp has survived. 1° 4' 31" W W.E V/1453/2 01May19 Site is now an arboretum

<< Location >> 14Jun19 However, there are notices and pictures as you enter the site that detail its history first as a US Airborne Camp and then << Verified >> as a PoW Camp. There are a number of memorials around the site including one for Sophie Herrmann 23.9.1889 – c.a 1942 Murdered by Adolf Hitler. It is seeing this sort of memorial that brings back the reason that we had PoW Camps in the first place. Image ID: Photo 2019 02 0559 to 0603 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p464735438 14Mar19 From Harrington Carpetbaggers Aviation Museum website: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Shady Lane, known as Camp 167. This was a base camp that initially held Italian and then later during the war German prisoners. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed. 01May19 I visited this site and started to take a number of Photographs in and around the site looking at lower shoot to show off the woodland. I also managed to relocate the Image I included in my PHO702 Portfolio Set a small brass plaque on a post net to a tree with a German name and “Murdered By Adolf Hitler” I reshot the tree and post. An observation in that it was an early May morning with dew on the ground and nice and bright. On my way out I reshot the sign post and the pictures on the post that show the it as a PoW Camp Image ID: Photo 2019 04 3380 to 3468 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p464735438 14Jun19 I visited the Arboretum as a part of my MA and its latest module with the intention of trying to reproduce some images that matched those taken during the war. In this I failed as there where literally too many trees in the way, but then what else can be expected in an Arboretum ? Also the weather was against me, as such or now I am simply adding to the up-loaded image set a copy of the old photos. Whilst these say that they are of the PoW Camp I have my doubts. The images do not show guard towers and the like therefore I think that the images may be of the site when it was used as a camp for allied troops. Image ID: Camp 167A to C Reference https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p606865481

590 Hathern Camp Leicestershire SK 5076 2092 Visited 4 Park 1Feb19 Pear Tree Lane 52° 47' 0" N 13Feb19 Scrub This is a subcamp of Garendon – Camp 28. Hathern 1° 14' 55" W Woodland Whereas Garendon was used to hold Germans this camp was used to hold Italians.

<< Location >> As 06Feb19 entry for Camp 28 Garendon << Verified >> Visited 13Feb19 The former PoW Site was used to house Italian PoWs and is now a park and play ground with a wild un tamed area. There are NO trances of the former PoW Camp although I did find some concrete blocks and small fence posts. Image ID Photo 2019 02 1481 to 1631 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p798228697 25Mar19 The 1947 FO list of PoW Camps does not include this camp therefore it is assumed that this camp closed prior to February 1947.

Page 40 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

613 North Camp Leicestershire SK 6879 2465 GWCoy Melton Mowbray Visited 3 Scrub Original English Heritage data states: Old Dalby 52° 48' 54" N Northern Cmd 530 Ext 213 Large complex of accommodation hutting associated with RAF Depot. NGR given to feature centre. Melton Mowbray 0° 58' 50" W W.E. V/1456/2 Visited 07Dec18

<< Location >> Took some shoot on the hill overlooking the village and of Old Dalby former logistics base. << Verified >> I then went to the site identified by English Heritage as that of the site of the former PoW Camp I found a cleared field that backs onto a closed military compound and former MoD Married Quarters. The site consisted of scrub along with the occasional items of evidence of former structures and fence posts Image ID: Photo 2018 12 13267 to 13312 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p708101751

616 Barkby Camp Leicestershire SK 6274 1021 Visited 4 Farmland Original English Heritage data states: Barkby Lane 52° 41' 9" N 07Dec18 Former Heavy Anti-aircraft battery (HAA Bty) Leicester 1° 4' 23" W 01Dec18 This site is within 1km of my home Visited 07Dec18 The site was as I expected a cleared ploughed and planted There where though a few bricks and bits in the hedgerows Image ID: Photo 2018 12 13362 to 13384 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p808824737 25Mar19 The 1947 FO list of PoW Camps does not include this camp therefore it is assumed that this camp closed prior to February 1947.

00 Lubenham Leicestershire 14Mar19 From Harrington Carpetbaggers Aviation Museum website: Italian Prisoner Of War Camp 25Mar19 This camp is not listed within the FO 1947 list of PoW Camps, nor is it listed within the English Heritage data. It is identified elsewhere and as such it is assumed to be a sub-camp or hostel.

00 Edmondthorpe Hall. Leicestershire SK 8605 1748 Visited Ruins 14Mar19 Edmondthorpe 52° 44' 53" N 14Jun19 Parkland From Harrington Carpetbaggers Aviation Museum website: 0° 43' 35" W PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

<< Location >> During the Second World War the Hall (built by Sir Roger Smith in 1621) was used as a prisoner of war camp for << Verified >> Italian personnel, but was destroyed by fire in 1943 16Mar19 The OS Aerial Map View shows the remains of the hall and ground, but there appears to be no visual evidence of the former PoW Camp. 25Mar19 This camp is not listed within the FO 1947 list of PoW Camps, nor is it listed within the English Heritage data. It is identified elsewhere and as such it is assumed to be a sub-camp or hostel. 14Jun19 This former Sub Camp was hit by a fire which destroyed the man hall. The site as I visited on the 14thof June 2019 shows signs that the hall is being rebuilt in that there are foundation for the internal walls a new brickwork has been incorporated into one of the two surviving bays. Furthermore, the lawns around the remains has been cut. The stables and ancillary buildings are intact and or have been renovated. I took a small number of photos with both a DSLR and Drone Cameras. However, the drone images are not available owing to a mistake on my part – I did not insert a memory card ! Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9199 to 9226 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p768694683

Page 41 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

14 Beckingham Camp Lincolnshire GPC Companies Fenton-Claypole 28Mar19 Beckingham Northern Cmd Administered 690, 71/86 This camp is included within the Feb47 FO PoW Camp list but is not thus far listed elsewhere 1007, 1012, 1026

51 Allington Camp Lincolnshire SK 8604 3972 GWC Lt Col O Price Long Pennington Segebrook Visited 3 Residential Original English Heritage data states: 271/2 Allington 52° 56' 52" N Northern Cmd 14Jun19 STANDARD type. Site occupied by Housing Grantham Priswar Allington 0° 43' 15" W W.E. V/1453/2 26Feb19 Very tight housing estate << Location >> It looks like this estate has been built directly on the pow camp site << Verified >> National Archives Reference FO 939/133 51 Working Camp, Allington Camp, Grantham, Lincolnshire 14May19 This site is now a housing estate made up of prefabricate homes called Allington Gardens Park. It is evident that the park contains a number of older prefab units as well as a number of newer ones. In fact some units are for sale as brand new and have recently been erected on the site and are for sale with signs up as well as internal plans on the sites notice board. I meet the Parks on-site manager who was able to tell me some of the history of the site. Post war the site was divided into two parts in that part of the site was used as a Pigg Site and the rest of the site was used for static caravans. Over the years the pig farm closed, and that part of the site was used for prefab houses and that he referred to the site as a whole as being new and old half. It appears that when used for caravans these were sited on the foundations of the older PoW Camp buildings. As the site has moved from static caravans to prefabs new bases have been laid. The site history was evident in my walking around the site with the 1st thing I spotted was that the letterbox at the site office was marked as GR. This means it dates back to King George VI who was the king from 1936 to 1952. Next, there were two exposed bases close to the site office, these where set at an angle and of a size and shape that was not consistent with that of the former WWII PreFab buildings. However, at another part of the site there was another base this time fenced in with safety fencing. This base included several bricks and it was evident that this was an older base. This was confirmed by the site manager who said that it was the site of the last static caravan and that it had recently been removed from the site and that a new base was due to be laid. There was also another calling to the past all be it an inadvertent one in that outside one of the PreFab hommes someone had placed some classical statutes, these reminded me of Ducks Crossing and Old Windmill Camps where Italian PoWs had also placed such statues with the grounds and created gardens in the camps as a reminder of home. Havin taken my photos of the site I launched my drone despite it being gusty. During my done flight I received a couple of collision warnings. As the drone as a couple of hundred feet up I was somewhat puzzled. I then remembered an article about the better-quality drones being equipped with a device called PCAS. This is a passive derivative of an aircraft system called TCAS that works as part of the IIFF system to warn Pilots of the close proximity of other air traffic. Releasing this I grounded the drone. About 5 minutes later I saw a high mon wing single engine light aircraft at perhaps a height of 500ft. I emprise here that I was NOT flying in a restricted zone and that I was not near an airstrip. As such I was flying the drone within the law. But it serves as a reminder as to what is allowed and the correct actions to take if you do see other aircraft – you land the drone ! When I got home, I had a very very nasty surprise – I had not put in the memory card into the drone. Now my drone as 8Gb internal memory that I knew was empty. In any other bit of photo kit I have used and heard of if the memory card was not fitted then the images should have been saved in the internal memory. Apparently, this is not the case with my drone as such I have no drone images of this site that shows it is contained within the original PoW Camp boundaries! Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9112 to 9141 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p725899225

Page 42 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

52 Nether Headon Camp Lincolnshire SK 7506 7810 GWC Lt Col C D Bowlory Rampton 229 Retford LNER Visited 1 Commercial Original English Heritage data states: Ladywell Rise 53° 17' 40" N Northern Cmd MC Priswar Retford 16Apr19 STANDARD type. Light industrial estate occupied by Paper waste and Crown Engineering East Retford 0° 52' 31" W W.E. V/1453/2 26Feb19

<< Location >> Buildings and huts have survived, and it also looks like some newish buildings sitting on the bases of the huts << Verified >> National Archives Reference FO 939/134 52 Working Camp, Nether Headon Camp, East Retford, Nottinghamshire and 92 Working Camp, Bampton Road Camp, Tiverton, Devon Note: see also FO 939/301 16Apr19 Visited I visited this site on a well clear day but with contiguous “flat low cloud”. This site of a former PoW Camp is now known as Headon Camp Industrial Estate. This former PoW Site is situated on the Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire boarder and close to Rampton Special Hospital. This site lies in the countryside and is surrounded by fields and the camp boundary has been retained. A number of brick buildings on the site have survived as have a number of huts. Whilst come of the surviving buildings are now being used for light industry and secure / semi secure storage a number of huts are derelict. Hits have been cleared leading to waste ground likewise there has been some new building on the site. The business usage on the site is mixed and I was not able to safety and or obtain permission to view a number of the huts including a small collect of huts to the East of Industrial estate one of which has been converted to a house and another looks as though it has been lived in with the other few huts in relatively good condition. Image ID: Photo 2019 04 2840 – 3067 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p559044493

79 Moorby Camp Lincolnshire TF 2981 6378 GWC Lt Col P J M Ellison Mareham Le Fen New Yes 3 Rural 26Feb19 Ravensby 53° 9' 19" N Northern Cmd 219 Bellingbroke OS Aerial view shows a defined but totally cleared site 0° 3' 36" W W.E. V/1453/2 Priswar Revesby National Archives Reference FO 939/159 79 Working Camp, Moorby Camp, Revesby, Lincolnshire

80 Horbling Lincolnshire TF 1210 3499 GWC Lt Col C Stevenson Billingborough 264 Sleaford Visited 3 Residential Original English Heritage data states: Sleaford 52° 54' 2" N Northern Cmd Priswar Sleaford 14Jun19 STANDARD type. Site occupied by housing 0° 20' 5" W W.E. V/1453/2 26Feb19

<< Location >> OS Aerial view shows a defined but cleared site with possible markings on the ground consistent with huts and other << Verified >> former PoW Sites National Archives Reference FO 939/160 80 Working Camp, Horbling Camp, Sleaford, Lincolnshire 14Jun19 This former PoW Camp site is located in a small field in Lincolnshire that backs onto a small council estate and a scout hut. The field is SSCI or equivalent and has simply been left to nature and has tall grass and a small foot path that passes though the site from the council estate to a pathway. The pathway on the opposite side of the field is a very old concrete roadway that leads to a water processing plant. In talking to a resident of the council estate who’s house backs on to the site I was able to validate its history. The site was used as a PoW camp and then following the war it was used for displaced persons with one or both sets of residents working on local farms. The resident also said that he main entrance to the site when though the scout hut and that his house is reportedly located where the camps water tower was. Between the council houses and the field there are small concrete kerbs stones and concrete that indicate the presence of the former camp. As per my attempt at photographing Camp 51 on the same day I used both my DSLR and Drone Cameras. However, I forgot to put the memory card into the drone, and it did not switch to recoding images within internal memory thus I have no drone images! Image ID: Photo 2019 05 9142 to 9198 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p626753988

Page 43 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

81 Pingley Farm Camp Lincolnshire TA 0178 0700 GWC Lt Col L J Paine Brigg 3216 Brigg Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Bigby High Road 53° 32' 59" N Northern Cmd Priswar Brigg STANDARD type. Low grade agricultural use. Brigg 0° 27' 54" W W.E. V/1453/2 Assessed unsuitable for Scheduling due to a variety of constraints. See Alternate Action Plan. 26Feb19 OS Aerial view shows a housing estate under construction with industrial units next to it National Archives Reference FO 939/161 81 Labour Camp, Pingley Farm Camp, Brigg, Lincolnshire

Page 44 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

106 Stamford Camp Lincolnshire TF 0139 0722 GWC Lt Col A H C Potter Stamford 2050 Visited 3..4 Residential Original English Heritage data states: 10 Empingham Road 52° 39' 11" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Stamford 24May19 STANDARD type. See Camp no.106 0° 30' 9" W Stamford W.E V/1453/2 28Feb19

<< Location >> Revisited OS Map Aerial view show a large housing estate needed << Confirmed >> 14Mar19 following location From Harrington Carpetbaggers Aviation Museum website: confirm PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Stamford, known as Camp 10. This was a purpose-built, standard type camp. Common buildings and facilities at standard camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. It was later renamed Camp 106 and is listed as a German working camp. It would have been in use between 1939 and 1948. The site is now used for housing. 25Mar19 The camp number of 10 is not included within the FO list of camps . Therefore, it is assumed that Camp 10 had closed by Feb47. However, Camp 106 is listed within the FO list of camps . 24May19 This camp was the 1st camp visited on a trip to East Anglia. The location given for this camp is a sole source one from English Heritage as TF 014 071 and the site of the former PoW Camp has been subject to redevelopment in that a housing estate sits on the given coordinates. The houses look relatively modern but are I would estimate to date from the late 1960’s to early 1970’s in that these houses and bungalows on this site have a chimney which was common on the 1st generation of homes built with gas central heating. Whilst there is nothing on the housing estate that links directly back to the PoW Camp or is evidence that a camp was here there is a sports field alongside the estate that does have echoes and buildings that may be linked to the former PoW Camp. Stamford Rugby Club is adjacent to the housing estate and within a couple of hundred meters of the coordinates given by English Heritage. The club has a large social club and car park as well as two buildings on the large sports field. These buildings are of a size and shape that is consistent with the PoW / Army accommodation huts. I took a number of images of the sports field including the social club and two changing room buildings. On the housing estate I took a number of generic images as well as photos of the semidetached house at the given coordinates. Furthermore, I shot images of a detached house on a corner and close to the sports field numbered “106” Hambleton Road. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7338 to 7375 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p315905213 30Jul19 Confirmation of the PoW Camp has now been made through an images from English Heritage via Ancestor gateway: http://www.ancestorgateway.com/forum/read_thread.cfm?ForumID=7&ThreadID=7565&Thread=410 The actual camp was located on the older part of the housing estate that I had previously visited and directly North: The camp is bounded to the East by the Stamford Playing Fields. To the South buy Lonsdale Road. To the West by the hedge and fencing dividing new and old housing estates Location Updated From: TF 014 071 To: TF 0139 0722

138 The Rectory Camp Lincolnshire SK 912 598 Yes 3 Sports and 26Feb19 Leisure Bassingham 53° 7' 39" N OS Aerial view shows a sports field complex. 0° 38' 18" W It is possible though that some newer buildings are sitting on old hut bases 25Mar19 The 1947 FO list of PoW Camps does not include this camp therefore it is assumed that this camp closed prior to February 1947.

Page 45 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

148 Castlethorpe Camp, Brigg Lincolnshire SE 986 078 Yes 2 Rural Original English Heritage data states: 53° 33' 27" N Consisted of 39 huts arranged on the west & north boundaries of Castlethorpe Covert and adjacent to a 0° 30' 46" W hardstanding north of Castlethorpe Hall. See Hostel list. 26Feb19 OS Aerial view shows an odd sort of place with at the coordinates given houses. However, just to the north there is a possible Nissen hut and evidence of hut bases 25Mar19 The 1947 FO list of PoW Camps does not include this camp therefore it is assumed that this camp closed prior to February 1947.

153 Fulney Park Lincolnshire TF 272 222 GWC Lt Col C T Ingle Spalding 2198 Spalding Yes 3 Commercial 26Feb19 Low Fulney 52° 46' 56" N Priswar Spalding Market Formerly a large dispersed camp, currently a market garden Spalding Garden 0° 6' 55" W OS Aerial view shows a series of Market Gardens and my assumption is that these have been built on the hut bases

156 Heath Camp Lincolnshire SK 983 554 GWC Lt Col A A Johnson Navenby 334 Navenby Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Pottergate Plantation 53° 5' 12" N Northern Cmd Priswar Navenby Former dispersed RAF camp Wellingore 0° 32' 1" W W.E. V/1453/2 26Feb19 This location using OS Mapping tools resolves itself to some woods on the opposite side of a roadway from the location of the former RAF Wellingore Airfield. It looks like something could be here. Also, it is a logical location for accommodation associated with the mow removed airfield

170 Weelsby Camp, Lincolnshire TA 285 077 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: 292 Grimsby 53° 33' 0" N Camp occupied a circular plan within an irregular perimeter fence guarded by nine watchtowers. Site restored 0° 3' 42" W parkland. 29Nov18 This location using OS maps on 29Nov18 resolves to be park land within Grimsby 25Mar19 The FO list of PoW Document does not included Camp 170 thus it can be assumed hat this camp as Camp had closed by Feb47. The FO list of PoW Camps identifies Camp 292 as Donna Nook. However, this camp is relatively close to Donna Nook and North Summer Coats, thus it can be assumed that this camp may well be a subcamp or Hostel for Donna Nook.

Page 46 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

254 Sutton Bridge Lincolnshire TF 483 215 Visited 3 Light Original English Heritage data states: Holbeach 52° 46' 17" N 28May19 Industry Former RAF Airfield, largely demolished for agricultural experimental station and a gas fired power station. 0° 11' 48" E 26Feb19

<< Location >> OS and Google Aerial Maps show that the site has now been cleared although there is some info on Wikipedia ss to << Verified >> Sutton Bridge in WWII: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Bridge#Wartime_Sutton_Bridge The above gives the coordinates as: 52°46′15.80″N 0°11′45.82″E The coordinates for the PoW Camp are thus different from the ones given in the original English Heritage Data that simply identified the site of the airfield. As such I have up-dated the OS Map Ref From TF 487 203 TF 483 215 National Archives Reference FO 939/180 254 Working Camp, Sutton Bridge Camp, Holbeach, Lincolnshire 25Mar19 Camp 254 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 28May19 It is interesting in that my own offline basic research accorded to what I was told by the site owners of this former PoW Camp. The former PoW is located below what is now the front parking areas for HGV trailers belonging to Roffes Transport. The site and company is owned by two brothers one of which was in the front office when I arrived at this site. He was able to tell me that the former site was directly under where they park their trailer against the fence as he recounted that when they dug the site out to lay down concrete, they discovered the original hut bases. He then went on to say that they had reused the fence posts and some original fencing, and simply added their own chain link fencing as needed. In observing the site and shooting images it was interesting to see where the fence was failing with crates failing over near it as though some one had done it deliberately to get out. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 9007 to 9037 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p892910702

256 Willingham House Lincolnshire TF 142 885 G.C.W Lt Col W V Tyrrel Tealby 255 Market Rasen Yes 2 Possibly 26Feb19 Market Rasen 53° 22' 51" N Northern Cmd Priswar Market Intact Site OS Aerial view shows a defined camp type compound with what looks like Nuts 0° 17' 4" W Rasen National Archives Reference FO 939/181 256 Working Camp, Wellingham House Camp, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Note: see also FO 939/312 National Archives Reference FO 939/312 256 Working Camp, Wellingham House Camp, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.

292 Donna Nook Airfield Lincolnshire TF 424 979 GWC Lt Col R M Mayhill North Somercotes Yes 3 Coastal Original English Heritage data states: 239 Ark Road 53° 27' 30" N Northern Cmd Former RAF Donna Nook. Precise location not identified, NGR given for approx centre of dispersed sites. Priswar North North Somercotes 0° 8' 35" E W.E. V/1453/2 28Feb19 Somercotes OS Map Aerial view used to examine this site and a highly probable location is TF 42824 98034. This is a couple of hundred meters from that given in the original data and is base on multiple regular shapes on the ground that appear to mark the location of huts constant with those used by the various military bases and PoW Camps. Note: Donna Nook is now used as a bomb range and it is also home to a very large seal colony that I have visited as a wildlife photographer several times. National Archives Reference FO 939/333 292 Working Camp, Donna Nook Camp, North Somercotes, Lincolnshire.

Page 47 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

292a Kirmington Lincolnshire TA 106 113 Yes tbd Civil Airport Original English Heritage data states: Caistor 53° 35' 11" N Former RAF Kirmington (Humberside Airport). 0° 19' 50" W Precise location not identified, NGR given for dispersed site in village. 26Feb19 Web look up on the history of the site shows huts – http://aircrashsites.co.uk/raf-kirmington-2/?unapproved=106939&moderation- hash=9f9bac99c14753cc1366b07e98695c78#comment-106939 However, the original coordinates are for the village church which contains a memorial to the former RAF Site 25Mar19 The FO list of PoW Document does not included Camp 170 thus it can be assumed that this camp as Camp had closed by Feb47. The FO list of PoW Camps identifies Camp 292 as Donna Nook. However, this camp is relatively close to Donna Nook and North Summer Coats, thus it can be assumed that this camp may well be a subcamp or Hostel for Donna Nook.

407 Usselby Camp Lincolnshire TF 097 934 3 Mixed 26Feb19 Usselby 53° 25' 33" N OS Aerial view shows indecisive mix of houses, trees and a farm or some thing Market Rasen 0° 21' 1" W 25Mar19 The FO list of PoW Document does not included Camp 170 thus it can be assumed that this camp as Camp had closed by Feb47.

1012 Canwick Camp Lincolnshire SK 9891 6949 G.Wkg. Coy Lincoln 10324 Original English Heritage data states: Canwick 53° 12' 47" N Northern Cmd Pre-existing camp of Nissen huts located on the edge of woodland, arranged around a playing field. Lincoln 0° 31' 13" W W.E. V/1270/4 29Nov18 Viewing this site on OS Maps 29Nov18 there does not appear to be much if anything there owing to coverage by woodland. I know this general area as I lived for a while in Bracebridge Heath and I worked at RAF Waddington twice; once when I was in the RAF and when I worked on ASTOR

1a Bardhill Norfolk tbd Salthouse,

271 RAF Airfield Norfolk TM 030 990 Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: 272 Deopham Green 52° 33' 3" N Former Former RAF Deopham Green, numerous dispersed accommodation sites. Attleborough Airfield 0° 59' 33" E Precise location of camp not identified, NGR given for approx centre of airfield. 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view very clearly shows the centre of an airfield with most of the runways material removed but with perimeter tracks, dispersals and builds remaining. The saved map view has been annotated with probable locations of the PoW camp o the assumption that it re-used some of the domestic and tech site buildings. However, it was also not unknown initially to simply set up a wired compound and tents within the centre of the A patterned runways 25Mar19 Camps 272 and 271 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp(s) closed prior to Feb47.

Page 48 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

82 Hempton Green Camp Norfolk TF 910 282 GWC Lt Col V C Ashe Fakenham 2001 Fakenham Visited 3 Holiday 03Mar19 Hempton 52° 49' 2" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Fakenham 28May19 Camp OS and Google Aerial Maps show a defined site with building that appear to be Huts / holiday homes that may have been Fakenham 0° 49' 58" E W.W V/1453/2 sited on the original PoW Camp hut bases.

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer website also contains information on this camp at: << Location >> << Verified >> http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF62243-Hempton-Green-Prisoner-of-War- Camp&Index=53889&RecordCount=57339&SessionID=8afd581e-1506-4f4c-8e6d-062202aaa059 National Archives Reference FO 939/162 82 Working Camp, Hempton Green Camp, Fakenham, Norfolk 28May19 This former PoW Camp site is interesting in that although the fencing has gone a camp still exists on the site and possibly within the original boundaries. The prefab PoW accommodation has been replaced with a mixture of static caravans and prefab housing units to forma static caravan park. Each building within this location has its own unique identity with no two alike yet all occupy the same basic footprint. Some units are in pristine condition, and yet others are very run down, but owing to the layout there is still an underlaying uniformity. Of note in the site were car parks in their common layout but what was most eye catching where the fire alarm stations which I would suspect are a requirement owing to the type of accommodation on the site. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8910 to 8947 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p593780515

82 Aldburgh (Aldborough) Camp Norfolk Original English Heritage data states: 281 Norwich No satisfactory location could be found near Norwich. 07Mar19 Wikipedia gives a location for Aldborough Norfolk as 52.862°N 1.242°E which is 20miles north of Norwich and just off the road to Cromer. Wikipedia gives a location for Aldburgh in Suffolk as 52.15°N 1.6°E which is 40miles south of Norwich. 25Mar19 Camp 281 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

131 Uplands Camp, Diss Norfolk TM 11 80 Visited 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: 52° 22' 38" N 26May19 It is possible that this site was nearer Eye, Suffolk 1° 5' 54" E 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view for the given two-digit coordinates simply show a housing estate. However, given that the original English Heritage data says the exact location is not known and basic on-line research has yet to identify the location there is not a lot more to be said at the moment. 25Mar19 Camp 131 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 26May19 Although the English Heritage data gives just a two-digit coronate this entire area of Diss is now covered by a modern housing estate. Given the fact that I could not easily locate the site of the former PoW Camp I simply went to the location given and took a number of images in and around the housing estate. One minor note and one that I have included within my images the street names within the housing estate refer to people from the local area and a few words about them are included within small signs close to the street signs. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8438 to 8453 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p764028032

Page 49 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

132 Kimberley Park, Kimberley Norfolk TG 0935 0479 tbd 3 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: 52° 36' 1" N Huts located under trees by the drive 1° 5' 23" E 26Feb19 OS and Google Aerial Maps show Kimberley Park and House but do not show any evidence of the camp 25Mar19 Camp 132 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

218 Didlington Norfolk 13Mar19 National Archives Reference WO 166/14168 218 Prisoner of War Camp. Camp moved from Aldershot, Hampshire, to Kempton Park; Form there to Sunbury on Thames; from there to Coleford, Gloucestershire; from there to Rugeley, Staffordshire; from there to Didlington, Norfolk. 25Mar19 Camp 218 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

253 Mousehold Heath Camp Norfolk TG 245 105 GWC Lt Col J B V Phillips Norwich 20461/2 Norwich Visited 3 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Norwich 52° 38' 44" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Norwich 27May19 Possible site may still exist on north western side of parkland 1° 19' 1" E W.E V/1453/2 26Feb19 OS and Google Aerial Maps show a public park that lies just to the north of a prison not far from Norwich City Centre 27May19 The Heath is a hill just to the edge of Norwich and is mixture of heath and woods. Its history links it to a number of former military sites and there are signs around the heath detailing its history. I was directed to the English Heritage coordinates by three members of the public. However, on arriving at that location I found it odd that there was no information board as per other sites on the hill. Also it did not “feel right”. Whilst I took a number of images on my way to the site and I am confident I got close to the site I an not happy to say that I have positively verified the definitive location to within 50m. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8851 to 8890 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p710928087 TF 6472 3288 255 RAF Camp Norfolk Visited 3 Coast Line Original English Heritage data states: 52° 52' 5" N 28May19 Snettisham Scalp 0° 26' 44" E Caravan Camp associated with an RAF later USAAF gunnery range Snettisham Park 03Mar19 << Location >> << Verified >> OS Aerial Maps shows a holiday park with the given coordinates being directly on the beach, with a second park to the east. The aerial view also shows large bodies of water within the camps. Whether this is man made before or after WWII is not currently known. An initial assumption Is that the holiday camp is making use of some of the hard standings from the old PoW camp 28May19 This site is now a caravan park made up mainly of prefab buildings. In talking to club members and site owners the actual site of the former PoW Camp within the much larger overall site is by Snettisham Beach Sailing Club clubhouse. The roped off concrete bases next to the club house remain from the Nissen Huts that formed part of the PoW Camp the huts having been removed within the past 20 years. As with other similar sites where the old prefabs have gone and people have erected their own dwelling as holiday accommodation each of the buildings is unique be it wood, prefab or brick as such it makes for a break from modern modernity and is commonality. Location updated: From: TF 647 333 To: TF 6472 3288 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8948 to 8984 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p816383677

Page 50 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

258 RAF Camp Seething Norfolk 31Jul19 Brooke This PoW Camp was identified on the Pegasus Archive website. Another Camp 258 Ellough Airfield Beccles also exists that one having been identified by English Heritage and although I visited the area of Ellough I was not able to verify the PoW Camp

280 North Lynn Farm Camp Norfolk TF 6140 2152 GWC Lt Col J A L Powell Kings Lynn 2939 Kings Lynn Visited 4 Commercial Original English Heritage data states: Kings Lynn 52° 46' 1" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Kings Lynn 28May19 STANDARD type. Site occupied by a chemical works. 0° 23' 26" E W.E V/1453/2 03Mar19 OS Aerial Maps shows Riverside Industrial Estate in Kings Lynn. There is no definitive indications on the aerial views as to the former PoW Camp. The farm and surrounding land has been built on destroying traces of the former camp including its boundaries. 28May19 I visited this location on a very wet and windy day. The access to this site is via long roar that takes you through an industrial estate with many compounds being surrounded with the old government type fence posts using modern chain link fencing and with the occasional site of the old type gates as used on the military camps. The road approaching the coordinates given for this site places a large factory complex to the left which is screened by a mixture of trees, bushes and chain link fencing and a small farm to the right. I was unable to gain access and photograph the factory site and unable to fly my drone owing to weather conditions. Therefore, I contacted the farmer / landowner of the farm – “North Lynn Farm” for which the camp is named and photographed the farm using my DSLR Camera. My educated guess is that the PoW Camp accommodation may well be where English Heritage has placed it, with the PoWs working on or at North Lynn and other nearby Farms. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8985 to 9006 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p621976095

409 Wolterton Camp Norfolk TG 1674 3238 Visited 4 Woodland Original English Heritage data states: Aylsham 52° 50' 43" N 27May19 Huts were located under the avenue flanking the drive and may also have been in the wood at NGR TG 1612 1° 13' 1" E 3190 Revisit 03Mar19 needed OS Aerial Map view shows Wolverton Hall with a number of surrounding woods labelled as “Plantations. The English Heritage coordinates are centred over Whitegate Plantation and North Lodge. As with many stately homes used as PoW Camps the prisoners where either accommodated within the main building or within huts “Somewhere” in the sculptured grounds. On being returned to the owner’s post war temporary buildings in the grounds may have been removed and grass and or trees planned over the sites thus making it difficult to determine the exact site of the PoW Camp from aerial views. 25Mar19 Camp 409 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 27May19 I found Wolterton Hall and Park without difficulty and drove up to this stately home with its Rolls Royce parked outside, but it was a Bank Holiday Money and not only could I not find the main doors to the Hall but no one answered the doors to which I knocked on. This is a legitimate research project and simply put I do not walk around peoples gardens and grounds without first seeking permission. In addition, with a site such as tis I actually need to talk to the property owners in an attempt to locate the site of the former PoW Camp. As such my images are limited to photos of the entrance from the publish road and a revisit to this site is needed. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8901 to 8906 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1061052528

Page 51 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

630 Kilverstone Hall Norfolk TL 8912 8414 Visited 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Thetford 52° 25' 21" N 26May19 Precise location not identified, NGR given for Kilverstone Hall. 0° 46' 47" E 03Mar19

<< Location >> OS Aerial Map view shows Kilverstone Hall with a number of surrounding woods, buildings and grounds. << Believed >> As with many stately homes used as PoW Camps the prisoners where either accommodated within the main building or << Verified >> within huts “Somewhere” in the sculptured grounds. On being returned to the owner’s post war temporary buildings in the grounds may have been removed and grass and or trees planned over the sites thus making it difficult to determine the exact site of the PoW Camp from aerial views. 25Mar19 Camp 630 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 26May19 This site was visited as I was in the general areas. On the day of my visit it was wet and windy, and I entered the site from the Kilverstone Road to find he hall to the left that has been split up into small business units and a sports field to the right. The initial research data that I believe originated with English Heritage places the PoW Camp as being part of the Hall. I arrived on a Sunday during a bank Holiday and the hall is now a either in whole or at least majority multiple business units thus there was no one around to ask about the history of the site. With Stately Home-based sites it was typical to located the PoWs within the main buildings OR in Pre-Fab buildings within the parkland that were typically removed post war and the site restored. The top of the sports field contained two buildings of about the same size as WWII PoW Huts and ancillary accommodation. On closer inspection these two huts had in part being rebuilt into sports pavilions / stores / chaining rooms. The end of each building had been extended with this brick work being different from the rest of the building. Furthermore, the roofs where not original with corrugated asbestos roof sheeting sections being found next to the buildings. I found very close to the two modified brick buildings the bases of what may have been two of three Nissen Huts. Furthermore, I found in the woods just behind the buildings a number of Nissen Hut Ribs. Given the above, my educated assumption is that there were a number of Nissen Huts located on what is now the sports field with two or more being close to the two brick buildings. It is further assumed that the two brick buildings on the top edge of the sports field may have been WWII PreFab and or Brick Buildings. Thus it is my belief that the former PoW was located in the Sports field close to the modern site entrance and close to where two brick pavilions can be found. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8314 to 8371 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1027632303

Page 52 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

35 Boughton Park Camp Northants SP 749 664 GWC Chapel Brampton Pitsford LMS Visited 3 Woodland 03Mar19 391 Boughton NN14 1BJ 52° 17' 26" N Eastern Cmd Brampton LMS 01May19 Original English Heritage data states: 0° 54' 11" W Priswar Northampton W.E V/1453/2 STANDARD type Woodland. Camp newspaper 'Lager Zeitung'. See Camp no.259. Northampton << Location >> OS Aerial Map view shows a well-defined woodland the size and shape consistent with a PoW Compound << Verified >> National Archives Reference FO 939/117 35 Working Camp, Boughton Park Camp, Boughton, Northampton 01May19 As anticipated from the examination of the Google and Ordinance Survey Maps this entire site as identified in terms of location by English Heritage is now woodland. The woods are not accessible from the A508 Harbough Road the site being behind a large drystone wall with a large secure gate as the only access from the main road. The immediate surrounding land including that of Boughton Hall, and Park is surrounded with a number of keep out type signs and I could not identify any other means of accessing the site. In view of the limited site access and the fact that it is now occupied by a mature woodland I opted to take images just using my Drone. Image ID:2019 05 3553 to 3625 (Drone) https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p808488972 29Jul19 Airfield Research Group Places Camp 35 at the :location already photographed – Evidence is an airborne image. The image which is at the link below shows the hots within the woodland photographed from the air using my drone: https://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/airfield-discussion/3151-boughton-boughton-and-boughton- 3-camps-one-name The current Map Marked is correct!

87 Byfield Camp Northants SP 5020 5340 GWC Lt Col J A Byfield 15 Woodford & Yes 3 Urban 03Mar19 151 Boddington Road Warwickshire 52° 10' 35" N Eastern Cmd McDonnell OBF Priswar Byfield Hinton LNER OS Aerial Map view shows a scrap / recycling yard that the size and shape consistent with a former PoW Camp. Byfield NN11 6XU 1° 16' 2" W W.E. V/1453/2 National Archives Reference FO 939/167 Daventry 87 Working Camp, Byfield Camp, Rugby, Warwickshire 14Mar19 From Harrington Carpetbaggers Aviation Museum website: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Byfield, also known as Camp 87. This was a purpose- built, standard type camp. Common buildings and facilities at standard type camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. The camp initially held Italian prisoners, and then later held German prisoners. A visit by the International Red Cross in 1944 reports that up to 520 prisoners were held at the camp. It functioned as a work camp, where prisoners were sent to work as labourers in the local area and could have been in use up until 1948. Partial remains of the camp survive, this included structures, roads and pathways This website also identifies the camp as Byfield Camp No 151 25Mar19 Camp 151 on the FO list of PoW Camps identifies as Lawne Camp, Coven, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Page 53 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

98 Hill Farm Estate Northants SP 960 731 Visited 3 Rural 03Mar19 Irthlingborough Road NN14 4AS 52° 20' 51" N 01May19 Light OS Aerial Map view show that the site or rather its boundaries have been preserved as a small industrial estate. Little Addington 0° 35' 31" W Industry 14Mar19

<< Location >> From Harrington Aviation Museum Website << Verified >> PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, German Working Camp known as Camp No 98 Little Addington had a PoW camp, which housed Italians, distinctive in their brown uniforms. They were responsible for building a sewer through the village and also helped in the fields This was a purpose-built, standard type camp. Common buildings and facilities at standard type camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. It functioned as a work camp, where low-risk prisoners were sent out to work as labourers in the local area. The camp held up to 560 Italian, and then later German prisoners. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed but partial remains of the camp are likely to survive in the form of roads, pathways or structures 25Mar19 Camp 98 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 01May19 I visited this site to find as expected an industrial estate called Addington Park Industrial Estate. In fact the site is actually divided into two industrial estates. One estate is located close to the main road and is if I can use the term “Neater” of the two. The second part of the industrial estate is accessed by a long road that runs parallel to the south side of the “front” part of the Ind Est. It is in this second or rear part of the estate in which four surviving PoW Accommodation type huts have survived. Three of the surviving huts are found together and abut or join a larger building. The other hut is a few tens of metres away and is on its own. All of the huts have been altered and adapted. In addition an original large access / entrance gate is to be found close to the single hut. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3627 to 3682 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p706141694 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3652 to 3682 (Drone) https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p706141694

Page 54 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 SP 8926 8196 259 Weekley Camp Northants GWC Lt Col C A Fowler Kettering 3893 Kettering Visited 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: 52° 25' 42" N within New Ground Spinney NN14 1BJ Eastern Cmd Priswar 03Aug19 STANDARD type. Restored parkland. See Camp no.35. 0° 41' 18" W grounds of Boughton Park Goddington W.W V/1453/2 03Mar19 Weekley Stately << Location >> Home Kettering < Verified >> OS Aerial Map view shows as per the original comments restored parkland within Boughton Park. And it being “restored” there is no evidence of the former PoW camp. Note: this PoW Camp is close to the site of the former RAF Grafton Underwood National Archives Reference FO 939/182 259 Working Camp, Boughton House Camp, Weekley, Northamptonshire Note: see also FO 939/314 National Archives Reference FO 939/314 259 Working Camp, Boughton House Camp, Weekley, Northamptonshire Harington Aviation Museum website: PoW Camp No.259 was constructed near to New Ground Spinney 29Jul19 An update via the airfield research groups and showing an aerial map for this site and PoW Camp 35 has enabled me to confirm the location of this camp as being about a few hundred metres away from where I 1st thought it was. See: https://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/airfield-discussion/3151-boughton-boughton-and-boughton- 3-camps-one-name 03Aug19 Location of the former camp is relatively easy to find it being in the new Spiny area to the North West of Boughton House. The remains of the access road as crumbling concert along with the outline of a hut r base at the end of the road. In addition to the main camp the remnants of a road barrier post can be found on the park road either side of the bridge over the River Ise. Interestingly the remains of another much smaller compound can be seen some 600m to the East of the PoW Camp and cross to the Public Entrance to the Park. Image ID: Photo 2019 08 0705 to 0914 Image ID: Photo 2019 08 0739 to 0848 and 0882 to 0914 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p684481209 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p679798965 Drone

265 Park Farm Northants TF 2925 0361 Visited 4 Rural 03Mar19 Thorney 52° 36' 53" N 28May19 OS Aerial Map view shows Park Farm as in barns at the site of the given coordinates. Peterborough 0° 5' 32" W The fields around the farm have been cleared, ploughed and planted.

<< Location >> There are no visible remains or boundaries of the former PoW camp on the aerial view. << Verified >> 25Mar19 Camp 265 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 28May19 Park Farm is used as both a working farm and an exhibition and visitor centre. On meeting the owner I was shown into their exhibition halls which included information on the WWII PoW Camp. The Camp although names for the car was a few hundred meters away on the edge of Thorney. A very new housing estate now sites on the site of the former PoW Camp and adjoins an earlier housing estate. In fact, on the current OS Maps 1:25,000 maps but not Google show the location of the former camp is shown as a field or defined area that adjoins the older housing estate. I took a number of photos of Park Farm, Thorny on the way to the site and on the site of the camp itself. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 9039 to 9067 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p573565599

Page 55 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

702 Kingscliffe (King's Cliffe) Northants Airfield Centre G.P.W Labour Wansford 333/4 Visited 2..3 Former 03Mar19 Holding Unit Airfield Peterborough TL 02754 97545 01May19 The original English Heritage research is in error as it just gives the centre of the village. 52° 33' 57" N Eastern Cmd Rural This PoW Camp following the end of the war was used as repatriation centre. 0° 29' 7" W Woodland Having said the above it is not obvious as to where about the PoWs where held on the airfield site.

The most obvious location are the technical and domestic sites as well as a possible wire compound within the airfield. RAF Officers Accom Site Possible locations marked on aerial map. TL 04463 98799 National Archives Reference FO 939/190 52° 34' 37" N 702 Holding Camp, Kings Cliffe Camp, Peterborough, Northamptonshire 0° 27' 35" W From Harrington Aviation Museum website

WW2 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, PoW Camp Site From 6th February 1946 Kings Cliffe airfield was used as a German POW Holding Station known as Camp 702, TL 06225 98656 being able to accommodate up to 2,800 POWs at any one time, under the control of 28 Group. That Unit closed 52° 34' 31" N in July 1947 0° 26' 2" W 01May19

RAF Kings Cliffe like any RAF Site occupies a large area. << Location >> << Verified >> Whilst it was known through research from English Heritage, UK National Archives and RAF Harrington Museum that there was a substation PoW Camp associated with the RAF Airfield the actual location of the PoW Camp was not stated.

It was my intention of visiting this site to simply take a number of photographs in and around the airfield.

The pre-war airfields where built with high quality Technical and Domestic sites co-located with the airfield. RAF Kings Cliffe was constructed during or just before the start of WWII. Airfields such as this where constructed to a highly dispersed design and made extensive use of PreFab Buildings. Though a previous visit to this site several years ago I was aware that there where a number of brick structures on or close to the airfield and runways. On this visit I approached the site from the South and drove around the parameter of the airfield with the intent of accessing the airfield side. Whilst driving along a road to the East of the airfield I saw through the tress a number of PreFab military buildings. This site was on the opposite side of the road and some 500 to 700m away from the runways. I entered the site and discovered that it consisted of two bungalows, a number of former military beings being used as light industrial units along with derelict structures and the largest number of brick open roof air raid shelters I have seen. I was able to locate the site owner a lady and ask about the site and obtain permission to take a few photos. The lady told me that the site was the Officers Accommodate site for RAF Kings Cliffe. She also told me that the former PoW Camp was located “Old Sulehay” Nature Reserve. I took several photos at the RAF Officers Accommodate Site with my DSLR and Drone Cameras. The PoW Site is now located within the Nature Reserve which is located within a Wood. A Bridle way effectively divides the woods into North and South with a quarry on each side of the woods. The former PoW Site is in the North Wood. I located what looks like the PoW Camp Main gate at the North West side of the Woods and it was isolated with no other fence, gate or sight of the camp. Simply put it was a mature woodland with a large number of Bluebells on the woodland floor with the occasional item of detritus from the former camp. I came across two concrete hut bases and a couple of poured concrete blocks and bricks. In fact without prior knowledge it would be difficult to identify the items as having been military or PoW related. I took photos in and round the woods, of the bluebells, the concrete bases and bricks. I also took a small number of images using the drone from the southern part of the woods having at some point managed to turn myself around and cross from one part of the site to the other. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3732 to 3905 (Kings Cliffe RAF Accom Site) Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3817 to 3905 (Drone) Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3907 to 4024 (PoW Site) Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3949 to 3999 (Drone) https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p842935242 31Jul19 Pete Wood a researcher working on a book on WWII Sites pointed out that the images I shot within the North West corner of the woods were of the main guard area of the camp and the camp its self has been lost it being located where the North part of the quarry now is.

Page 56 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

1010 Weedon Camp Northants SP 6259 5954 GWCoy Weedon 131 Visited 4 Residential Original English Heritage data states: Weedon Beck. NN7 4PS 52° 13' 49" N Eastern Cmd 18Mar19 Commercial Precise location not identified. NGR for centre of Ordnance Depot. 1° 5' 6" W W.E V/1270/4 03Mar19

<< Location >> OS Aerial Map view show the location of the former ordnance depot as a series of long buildings alongside a former canal << Verified >> basin off of the Grand Union Canal. Given that the old ordnance buildings exist but that the exact site of the PoW Camp is not known it is difficult to classify this site. Having said the above the Wikipedia entry for the site states that a barracks in the village was demolished in the 1950’s. This I suggest is the prime site of the former PoW Camp. National Archives Reference LMA/4288/D/04/006 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Kirche (German Church, Sydenham). Parish. Prisoners-Of-War. Prisoner of War Camp 1010: prison newspaper (No 4) (433) Visited 18Mar19 The Royal Ordnance Site at Weedon is now a small industrial estate complete with a visitor centre that was closed on the day of my visit. The site consist of a mix on n use and abandoned buildings that are generally in a bad state of repair with a large number of scrap cars and junk on the site. A canal basin that leads into the site has effectively been cut but it remains in the centre of the site and full of water. The PoW Camp was built in the village on the site or rather within Cavalry Barracks on the hillside adjacent and overlooking the Royal Ordinance Site. These barracks where demolished some time ago and replaced with housing and a small industrial estate with the area being known as Cavalry Hill. Whilst there are no signs of the former PoW Camp or details as to its exact location on Cavalry Hill the history of the area has been retained in part through the use of street and road names and the preserving of horse posts etc. The photos of this site thus consist of ones taken of the entire area: Shoots from a hillside showing the former Royal Ordinance Depot and Cavalry Hill Shoots of and from within the former Royal Ordinance Depot Shoots of Housing on Cavalry Hill Shoots of the Industrial Estate on Cavalry Hill Shoots of street name and horse posts Image ID Photo 2019 03 1643 to 1788 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p846008421

Page 57 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

00 Greens Norton Northants SP 670 500 Visited 2 Urban 11Mar19 Towcester Road NN12 8BL 52° 8' 39" N 14Mar19 I visited this site when I was a youth hostel and was full of graffiti left behind by Italian PoWs. Towcester 1° 1' 20" W This site started off as a Women’s Land Army camp, then became an PoW Camp.

<< Location >> Its final incarnation from 1953 to 83 was as a Youth Hostel: << Verified >> https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5773190 It is reported that one building has survived as a community centre Oddly though it was not included within the English Heritage PoW Camp data and I have yet to get its camp number 14Mar19 Harington Aviation Museum reference: WW2 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP POW Camp in former land army hostel used initially by 33 Italians and then by Germans POWs were dressed in dark brown battle dress with brightly coloured patches sewn on for identification purposes. After POWs left buildings were used as a Youth Hostel 1952 - 1983 Visited 18Mar19 I had visited Greens Norton when it was a Youth Hostel and was interested to see how this site had changed. The original front of one of the main buildings containing a water tower / tank ha been retained along with a fading green YHA sign. The previous prefab huts had long since gone with several modern building replacing the pre-fabs. However, these modern buildings look as if they are sitting on the old foundations and shape and size of these buildings that are now used as a Communality Centre is the same as the wooden huts that they replaced. The brick part of the building with the YHA sign no longer connects to other buildings and now has a storage shed to its rear. Likewise several other buildings appear to be storage. Finally there are a few building foundations visible and it looks like the new Community Centre whilst on the same site may be smaller than the old YHA. Image ID: Photo 2019 03 1790 to 1831 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p844376890

00 Daventry Northants SP 568 628 14Mar19 Braunston Road From Harrington Aviation Museum Website Prisoner of War Camp & Land Army Hostel Demolished shortly after WW2 and Council houses were built on the site

Page 58 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

00 Camp Farm (Denford parish) Northants SP 9989 7600 Visited 3 Rural 14Mar19 PoW Sub Camp 52° 22' 22" N 01May19 From Harrington Aviation Museum Website 0° 32' 2" W PRISONER OF WAR CAMP

<< Location >> Between Briggs Lodge and Denford village are the remains of a wartime German POW camp. The men worked << Verified >> on local farms. Briggs Lodge Farm is east of Denford village at TL008757. Location of the camp remains undetermined 01May19 This former PoW Sub Camp site was visited on the 1st off May 2019 simply because I was in the area and between PoW Camps 98 and 702. I went initially to Briggs Farm with the intention of asking permission to photogram that farm. Alternately I planned to take some photographs from the roadside or from a sign posted footpath that runs alongside the farm. On enquiring at the farm I was told by the lady there that the PoW Camp was located further down the road at a small holding that was now called “Camp Farm” because of its former usage as a PoW Subcamp. The location of this site has thus been updated From: TL 008 757 To: SP 9989 7600 I was told that this farm was now up for sale and that the site was empty as such. On arriving at Camp Farm found that the site as such was secure with a very large high gate and a high hedge. Being unable to physically gain access to this site I used by Drone in order to take several photographs. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 3684 to 3730 (Drone) https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1022758850

00 Fineshade Abbey Northants SP 972 977 Visited 4 Rural 14Mar19 52° 34' 6" N 03Aug19 From Harrington Aviation Museum Website 0° 34' 2" W PRISONER OF WAR CAMP Demolished in 1956. It had been damaged during use as a POW camp during WWII. Only the stable block remains. 03Aug19 I visited this site and asked for permission to take a number of photos for the project. The owner gave permission to take a limited number of images that did not include his home. The images taken thus show the entrance along with the field immediately to the West and a few images of the field to the North of the site. The images do not show the South or East side of the site. Image ID: Photo 2019 08 0675 to 0701 Image ID: Photo 2019 08 0687 to 0701 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1010451737 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p753308007 Drone

00 Long Buckby Northants 14Mar19 Station Road From Harrington Aviation Museum Website PRISONER OF WAR CAMP Held German POWs

1 Bunny Park Nottinghamshire tbd 30Jul19 Bunny Camp found via http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm Location not know

Page 59 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

27 3 Magdala Road Nottinghamshire SK 570 418 Group Pioneer Companies Nottingham 66078 Visited 3 Urban 03Mar19 Corps (G.P.C) Administered 633, Nottingham 52° 58' 13" N 19May19 OS and Google Aerial Map view show housing and shops. 634, 1008, 1023 1° 9' 9" W Northern Cmd No 3 is a large house with chimneys and appears to be pre WWII. If it was a PoW Site it may have either been a very small camp or alternately used as a integration and temporary holding site – if this is the correct location. Alternatively the site may be slightly miss placed and the camp could have included the whole corner and as occupied by the Best Western Carrington Hotel. 19May19 This property Number 3 Magdala Road is just outside Nottingham City Centre is a large Victorian built house or Villa. It now consists of a number of private residential flats with security gates to front and rear. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7329 to 7336 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p28260882

143 Serlby Hall Camp Nottinghamshire SK 634 893 4 Parkland 03Mar19 Serlby 53° 23' 48" N OS Aerial Map view shows Serlby Hall but no obvious additional indications of huts, buildings or fencing associated with Blyth 1° 2' 52" W PoW Camps. As per many such camps on return to the owner following the war the site may have been cleared and returned to its pre- war status leaving few tracs to be found in aerial views. 25Mar19 Camp 143 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

143 Carlton Hall Nottinghamshire SK 5903 8425 Yes 2 School Original English Heritage data states: Calton in Lindrick 53° 21' 6" N Access Precise location not identified, NGR given for Hall, there is cropmark evidence for some structures at SK 5894 Worksop permission 8433 1° 6' 52" W needed 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows at the coordinates given a small field. However, on cross checking this site with Google and Google Street view it is evident that the School building close to the given coordinates has been built with prefab huts etc… The school and what appear to be the school playing field directly north of the building IS the PoW Camp – or rather. It looks like some of the huts have been reused as part of the school! Coordinates up-dated: From: SK 590 842 To: SK 5903 8425 25Mar19 Camp 143 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 60 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

166 Wollaton Park Camp Nottinghamshire SK 5294 3981 GWC Lt Col H S Hobby Nottingham 73025 Nottingham Visited 3 Parkland 03Mar19 Wollaton Hall 52° 57' 11" N Northern Cmd Priswar 19May19 Café OS Aerial Map view shows Wollaton Park and Hall. Nottingham 1° 12' 48" W W.E V/1453/2 Nottingham Playground Again, as common with such sites there is little obvious to show the presents of a PoW Camp.

<< Location >> There are though areas to the North West of the Hall close to the given coordinate that may show marks and ground << Verified >> features that need to be investigated. 19May19 I visited Wollaton Park and Hall and on parking in the closest car park to the house I discovered a Monument to the US Parachute Infantry in the form of a small obelisk. On asking at one of the small museums – the Notting Museum for Industry which is housed in a large building before you get to the main house I asked if there was a museum and or information on the house and park, specifically relating to the Second World War. I was directed to the main house where I talked to one of the guides and explained about my project and was direct to contact the Friends of Wollaton Hall. I was also told that there was a converted military buildings close to the 1st car park and that it was now a Café called the 508 after the US PIR 508. My suspicion based on that of the history o other camps is that whilst the camp may have been constructed and used by the UK at some future point following the deployment to Europe that the camp was then modified and used as the PoW Camp. Location updated: From: SK 529 393 To SK 5294 3981 I took a number of photos of the Hall and Grounds as well as the Café 508 and playground with my DSLR. I also managed to take a few images of the Café 508 and playground using the Drone, but no direct overflights as the area was occupied with people visiting the café, playground and park. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7218 to 7327 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p485878918 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7273 to 7314 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p124822354

Page 61 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

169 Tollerton Hall Camp Nottinghamshire SK 6136 3457 Visited 3 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: 613 Tollerton 52° 54' 18" N 14Jun19 Restored parkland. Evidence of hut footings also visible at SK 6136 3457. See Camp no.613 698 1° 5' 20" W 03Mar19 Revisited OS Aerial Map view shows at the coordinates given by English Heritage resolve to a field with no evidence of a PoW Needed Camp. The comment on the footings is at Hall Farm and is about 400m from the given location of the PoW Camp. Given that the camp is called Tollerton Hall and the footings reported are at Hall Farm the coordinates have been changed: From: SK 6153 3349 To: SK 6136 3457 25Mar19 Camp 169 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. Camp 613 identifies on the FO PoW Camp list as “North Camp Old Dalby Nr Leicester” 14Jun19 I went to this site expecting to be able to access it and found that it was enclosed by a series of walls that form part of the of the old Tollerton Hall. Whilst an access gate was open it was evident that one or two large businesses were being run from the site and that formal access permission would be needed to wonder around the site. Unfortunately I visited at a weekend and there was no one around to ask about access or site history. This Tollerton Hall site is to the South of Tollerton village. To the north of the village there is the site of former RAF Tollerton which is now Nottingham Airport / Airfield. This proximity to the former RAF site would normally make me suspicious as to the location of the PoW Camp in that a few camps associated with airfields were in fact created by the conversion of a dispersed accommodation site. In this case whilst I believe that there is a link to the airfield, I am happy that the PoW Camp is located in the grounds of buildings but that exact location needs to be verified and the site revisited. 31Jul19 PoW Camp 698 Identified though Pegasus Archive: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm

174 Norton Camp Nottinghamshire SK 571 719 GWC Major A E Warsop 156 Shirebrook or 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Cuckney 53° 14' 27" N Northern Cmd Boughton Priswar Cuckney Special Train Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre of village Mansfield LNER or LMS 1° 8' 45" W W.E V/1452/2 Worksop LNER 03Mar19 Normal Traffic Norton and Cuckney are two very small villages around 1Km apart. OS and Google Aerial Map view show a number of promising sites but none are visually distinctive enough for a positive identification.

181 Carburton Camp Nottinghamshire SK 602 732 GWC Major J E Johnson Worksop 2816 Worksop Yes 4 Woodland Original English Heritage data states: 249 Youngrough Breck 53° 15' 8" N Northern Cmd Priscamp Worksop Large complex of huts within a double wire perimeter fence guarded by watchtowers. Worksop 1° 5' 57" W W.E V/1452/2 See Camp no.249. 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows woodland. There are though what appear to be huts within the woods – these have been marked on the saved copy of the aerial map. 25Mar19 Camp 181 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 62 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

262 RAF Camp Nottinghamshire SK 7360 3301 GWC Lt Col N A Mc D Harby 279 Visited 3 Former Previously visited this site as part of my closed RAF bases serices work during my foundation degree Langar 52° 53' 22" N Northern Cmd Walker Priswar Barnstone Military / Original English Heritage data states: Barnstone Active Civil 0° 54' 27" W W.E V/1453/2 Airfield Former RAF Langar. Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre of airfield. Numerous dispersed accommodation sites. Visited 07Dec18 The site has not changed much since I visited it as part of my foundation degree. It is no possible to identify which parts of the camp was used to house PoWs. However, a number of huts still exist of the types used to accommodate people, workshops and stores. Image ID: Photo 2018 12 13313 to 13361 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p756931486

03Mar19 On re-examining the airfield site there is an area that has the distinctive shape and size of other PoW Caps and is to the North and may have been one of the camps domestic sites. This area has been marked on the saved aerial map.

633 Proteus Camp Nottinghamshire SK 683 679 GWCoy Edwinstowe 79 Yes 2 Light Original English Heritage data states: 656 Boughton Camp 53° 12' 13" N Northern Cmd Industrial Former Central Ordnance Depot. Industrial estate. New Ollerton 0° 58' 44" W W.E. V/1456/2 See Camp no.656 03Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows what appears to be modern warehouses. However, directly North and South of the given coordinates there are a large number of huts and buildings. There is also a third site to the east. These are obvious locations for a PoW Camp. However, these are also indications of a large military camp which this place was it was a central ordnance depot. As per some of the other existing military sites such as airfields we know the camp was there but there is a degree of doubt about exactly where on the larger site the camp actually was. 25Mar19 Camp 633 on the FO Camp list is identified as “Proteus Camp” and not as “”Boughton Camp”, although the camp is still identified as being at New Ollerton Nottinghamshire. Camp 656 not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

8 Sheriffhales Camp Shropshire SJ 757 115 GWC Major B Wright Shifnal 100 Shifnal Yes 3 Rural 04Mar19 71 Shifnal 52° 42' 2" N Western Cmd Priswar OS Aerial Map view shows what looks like a small farm or builds identified as Crackleybank Lodge. 2° 21' 39" W W.E. V/1452/2 Sheriffhales The site is consistent with the remains of a former PoW Camp 31Jul19 This site is included within the English Heritage dataset as just Camp 71. However, the Pegasus Archive site identifies two sites PoW Camps 8 and 71

Page 63 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

8A Mile House Shropshire SJ 3117 2825 Visited 4 Rural 04Mar19 Shrewsbury Road SY11 4JA 52° 50' 50" N 09May19 OS Aerial Map viewpoints to a field 100m to the East of Mile House with no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp. Oswestry 3° 1' 24" W This site is just a few 100m from Mile End Roundabout and Services on the A5 National Archives Reference FO 939/91 8A Working Camp, Mile House Camp, Oswestry, Salop 25Mar19 Camp 8A is not included within the FO Camp list. Although file for it exists.as having been inspected. 09May19 This site was as I had expected it from previously looking at Google and OS Maps, that is to say there is no trace of the former PoW Camp. This site is now a simple field next to a golf course and close to a Service Area off the A5. The field had been planted with something like Wheat or Barley these being some 30cm high when I visited the site. As the field had been set with crops, I was restricted to a short walk around the field boundaries taking a small number of photographs. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5420 to 5439 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p905501523

16 Prees Heath Shropshire SJ 55 37 Visited 4 Rural 04Mar19 Whitchurch SY13 3LB 52° 55' 42" N 10May19 Original data English Heritage Data for this PoW Camp gave a 2-digital coordinate of SU 55 37. This is an error it should be 2° 40' 15" W SJ 55 37. The two-digit coordinates equate to a roundabout that joins the A49 and A41. < Location > < +/- 500m > Directly east of the given coordinates is the site of a former RAF airfield RAF Tilstock. The Wikipedia entry for RAF Tilstock below states that the airfield was used an Internment camp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilstock_Airfield As with many airfield sites without more accurate data it is not possible to accurately derive the location of the PoW Camp. In this instance the camp was in existence before the airfield. The OS Aerial view map has been annotated with possible locations 25Mar19 Camp 16 is identified within the FO PoW Camp list as Gosford Camp East Lothian AND as Deer Park Camp Mid Lothian. 10May19 I visited the site, or rather I went to the coordinates given so far during a spell of heavy rain. The site is accessible via footpath with swinging gate within an enclosure. From the main road the footpath runs north with a hedge to the East and a field planted with wheat or barley to the west between the footpath and railway lines. In the area designated as the location of the camp there are effectively three strips of land between the footpath and railway line: A strip of scrub land A large pool or quarry of some sort surrounded by trees. A small strip of land with smaller trees. I was unable to see any visual evidence as to the former PoW Site in this location. As such I simply took a few photographs with my DSLR camera. Unfortunately owing to the weather and back pain I was not able to spend much time exploring this site in more detail. Likewise owing to the weather I was unable to use the drone to explore and conform details or take images of this site. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5935 to 5955 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p637650874

Page 64 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

23 Green Fields Camp Shropshire SJ 492 138 G.P.C Companies Shrewsbury 4681/2 Visited 4 Residential 04Mar19 Administered 651, Ellesmere Road SY1 2BF 52° 43' 10" N Western Cmd 11May19 OS Aerial Map view shows a large trail station / depot / warehouse structure just to the north of Shrewsbury city centre. Shrewsbury 665, 679, 1004, 2° 45' 12" W 1014, 1018 11May19 This site was a surprise, having viewed Google and OS Map and satellite views I had expected to find some form of railway depot and or warehousing. Instead I found a new large building called Withywood a large sheltered housing complex for the elderly that was surrounded by a new build housing estate. There were no traces as to the presences of the former PoW Camp. One of the residents asked me what I was doing, I explained the project and that I was seeking to photograph he sites of PoW Cams as they are now. The lady confirmed that there was a PoW Camp there but did not give any details. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5960 to 5987 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p668841751

34 Acksea Camp Shropshire SJ 3540 1938 G.Wkg.Coy Group Shrewsbury 3602 Visited 2 Military Original English Heritage data states: Administering 23 Ext 216 Training Kinnerley SY4 1BH 52° 46' 5" N Western Cmd 10May19 Associated with an Ordnance Depot, now a military training area. See Camp no.1018 Oswestry 2° 57' 32" W Area W.W V/1270/4 04Mar19

< Location > OS Aerial Map view shows a clearly defined site with buildings still visible. < Verified > This looks like a prime site to visit although it does look as described a military training area in which case access is restricted 25Mar19 Camp 34 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 03April19 ALSO SEE Camp 591 Nesscliffe 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for thos project. I have yet to get a reply 10May19 Acksea Camps 34 and 1018 are located on the same Military Training Base as Camp 591 Wilcott Camp, that of Nesscliffe Military Training Range. The Wilcott Camps location is given as being on the Admin and Domestic parts of the camp, where as the Acksea Camp is located within the actual training area. This training area is centred around Acksea Farm the main building of which is believed to have been used by the Guard Force with the PoWs being accommodated in the four surviving brick buildings and Nissen huts which although they have been removed the bases remain. Between the Training Area Acksea and Accommodation Site Wilcott there is an area known as the Compound. All that has survived of this compound is the concrete bases of steel fence posts within a long field that is now used to graze cattle. It is assumed that is Compound is where the third PoW Camp associated with Nescliff was located. In addition to the remaining fence post bases and the Acksea Farm buildings there are several WWII Ammunition Storage bunkers that have since been abandoned. I took a number of photos in and around Acksea Farm and the Compound with my DSLR Camera along with a signpost for the camp as a whole when I left. These last few images also include a few images shot of a field opposite the camp entrance that may have been used or related to the PoW camps Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5787 to 5808 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p881389251

84 Sheet Camp Shropshire SO 5316 7408 GWC Lt Col N A Willis Ludlow 344 Ludlow Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Sheet 52° 21' 45" N Western Cmd Priswar Ludlow Housing STANDARD type. Only the water tower remains extant Ludlow 2° 41' 21" W W.E. V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a defined compound area with what appears to be large barns and a small housing estate to the north. National Archives Reference FO 939/164 84 Working Camp, Sheet Camp, Ludlow, Shropshire

Page 65 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

100 St Martins (St Martin's) Camp Shropshire SJ 311 363 GWC Lt Col W H Dumain Chirk 2176 Gobowen Visited 1 Rural 04Mar19 St Martins SY10 7HB 52° 55' 10" N Western Cmd Priswar St Martins 09May19 OS Aerial Map view shows a very well-defined compound and lots of buildings. Gobowen 3° 1' 34" W W.E. V/1453/2 Shropshire This is a fully intact site and needs to be visited.

< Location > 09May19 < Verified > My visit to thing camp was extremely rewarding as well as timely. The site may be said to be divided into a number of areas: A modern industrial unit made up of a large long and single-story building exists to the side of the former PoW Camp. A modern storage yard is to be found to the rear of the former PoW Camp. Derelict huts used to accommodate PoW are located at the rear of the site A number of huts in very poor repair are to be located in the middle of the site and are in use by a scaffolding company for the storage of scaffolding and support equipment. The PoW Huts at the front of the site including an ablutions block and a very large brick build watering tower are in the process of being demolished to make way for a new industrial estate. I arrived to find that not only is the site due to be cleared as a whole to make way for a modern industrial estate, but the site was being cleared NOW. I got to watch and photograph the demolition of one of the huts. It is likely that the entire site will be cleared as soon as the scaffolding company completes its move off site, Thus the images I took using a DSLR as well as a drone may be the last every photos of this former PoW Site that actually shows the huts used to house the PoWs. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5440 to 5688 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p665632637 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5536 to 5574 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p245780371

192 Adderley Hall Shropshire SJ 657 401 4 Parkland 04Mar19 Adderley 52° 57' 25" N OS Aerial Map view shows afield with nearby trees and scrub land with no real evidence of the former PoW Camp Market Drayton 2° 30' 43" W 25Mar19 Camp 192 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

240 Hawkstone Park Shropshire SJ 567 288 GWC Major G T W Collins Wem 127/8 Visited 4 Golf Course Original English Heritage data states: 285 Weston SY4 5UZ 52° 51' 17" N Western Cmd Priswar Wem 11May19 Meadow Site occupied by a golf course. See Camp no.285 2° 38' 40" W Shrewsbury W.E. V/1452/2 04Mar19

OS Aerial Map view shows a field immediately to the south of a golf course with no real signs of the former PoW Camp Additional verification 25Mar19 needed Camp 285 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 11May19 I visited the coordinates given to find as expected a field. The field along one edge backs onto housing within a small village and a golf course on another side. This field is a simple English Grazing Meadow with a mature tree within the site and another on its boundaries. I took a number of photos in the field mainly looking along the profile of the ground in that there is slight embankment on the side opposite from the golf course. In retrospect I think I was acting at a subconscious level in trying to evaluate this field as the location of a former PoW Camp. Looking at the images, the placement of the mature trees and the embankment within the field I admit to some doubt as to this being the site of the PoW Camp Image ID: 2019 05 5988 to 6043 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p706860502

Page 66 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

272 Davenport House Shropshire SO 754 954 Yes 3 or 4 Parkland 04Mar19 272a Worfield 52° 33' 21" N OS Aerial Map view shows Davenport House and Park. Bridgenorth 2° 21' 51" W But there is no directly visible evidence of the PoW Camp. As per the other stately home type sites the PoWs may have been held within existing buildings. OR, the PoW may have been held in buildings that have been removed and the site resorted post war. However, a site identified as Sonde Farm looks some 500m to the east looks promising as does Hallon Farm to the north. 25Mar19 Camp 272 and or 272a are not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this (these) camp(s) closed prior to Feb47.

591 Wilcott Camp Shropshire SJ 3749 1831 Visited 1 Military Original English Heritage data states: Nesscliffe SY4 1BH 52° 45' 31" N 10May19 Training Pre-existing camp serving an ordnance depot. Camp 2° 55' 39" W Presently used by the army as Nescliffe Training Camp

< Location > 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a well-defined camp complete with buildings and a Helipad. This site may still be in use as a military camp. 25Mar19 Camp 591 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. Note: camp in the 500 range is included within the 1947 FO PoW Camp list 03April19 ALSO SEE Camp 34 & 1018 Acksea Camp Kinnerley Oswestry 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for thos project. Reply Received and I am due to visit this site on the 10th of May 2019 10May19 I was given formal permission from the base commandant to visit and photograph for the purposes of this project Wilcott Camp, Kinnerley and Acksea Camps at Nesscliffe. This is an Active Military Camp used to train members of the UK Armed Forces. The camp trains a small workforce of Military and Civilian Staff who host visiting units. Whilst the camp has an indoor and a small outdoor military firing range the actual weapons ire during the training exercises held at the camp are done with blank ammunition. The site is effectively divided into two separate areas: The Accommodation and Technical Site Active Training Area The location given for the Wilcott Camp corresponds to the Domestic and Technical side of the Nesscliffe Training Ranges in that it is where the Administration, Stores, Accommodation and Messing etc… The buildings used for this site are the original Nissen and Accommodation huts interspersed with the odd larger version of the Nissen hut and Portacabin. In fact there are few if any building in this part of the camp that do not date back to WWII. Most of the buildings are in a high state of repair although some could do with being pained the scene is very much as it would have been in WWII with the exception of the occasional Coke Machine and the presence of modern doors and windows fitted to a number of the buildings. In short, this site has been very well preserved and would only take the construction of a fence to turn back the clock to resurrect the war time camp. I took a number of photos in and around this part of the camp with no restrictions as there were no exercises in progress. However, although I would have like to have made use of my Drone, this was NOT allowed as the camp is used as training landing area for RAF Shawbury the main UK Helicopter Training Unit. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5689 to 5765 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p746797457

Page 67 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

651 South Camp Shropshire SJ 6971 1392 GWCoy Group Wellington 650 Ext 4 Military Original English Heritage data states: 675 Donnington 52° 43' 19" N Western Cmd Administering 23 724 Stores Precise location not identified. (W.O) Wellington 2° 26' 59" W W.E. V/1456/2 NGR for centre of Central Ordnance Depot. 659 South Camp See Camp no.659 & 1004. 659 North Camp 04Mar19 1004 South Camp E OS Aerial Map view shows a very large modern warehouse complex. Donnington Dept is an active military base or rather storage facility although it is due to close around 2020. There is no obvious evidence of a former PoW Camp. Furthermore, I seem to remember that here was a fire there at some point. Whilst I was in the RAF I visited this place once in 1987 or 1988. National Archives Reference FO 939/187 659 Working Camp, "E" Camp, Donnington, Shropshire 25Mar19 Camp 659 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. Camp 1004 is identified within the FO PoW Camp List of Feb47 as being No 1 Camp Sudbury Nr Derby 31Jul19 PoW Camp 657 Identified though Pegasus Archive as being at Donnington Wellington: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm

Page 68 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

679 83 Ordnance Supply Depot Shropshire SJ 523 294 G.W. Coy Group Wem 200 Ext 27 Visited 3 Industrial Original English Heritage data states: (O.S.D.) (Don) Administering 23 SY4 5LJ 52° 51' 35" N Western Cmd 10May19 Rural Irregular fenced compound around a pre-existing camp consisting of nine groups of six curved profile huts. Soulton Road (W.O) 2° 42' 35" W W.E. V/1270/4 Farmland and housing. Wem << Location >> 04Mar19 << Verified >> OS Aerial Map view shows a very large old military complex with many buildings directly to the north of the coordinates given. The field that lays at the given coordinates shows evidence and the remains of hut bases along with a number of houses to the south of the site. Access to the coordinates specified should be straight forwards but permission may be needed to get to the main site 10May19 In visiting this site and in order to gain access I initially went to Ash Grove in Wem to see if there was a way into the fields and trees that comprise the camp. I found what appears to be the PoW Camp main entrance and access gates. Attached to a post close to this gate was Planning Notice, thus I assume that the location of the former PoW Camp may be redeveloped soon. The gate was locked and although it was possible o get around the gate it was not possible to go through the scrub land and on to the site of the camp. Being unable to gain access via Ash Grove I went to the Wem Industrial Estate which was on the opposite side of the woods. The Wem Industrial estate is located at the former Wem Ordnance Depot and is made up almost exclusively of the larger version of the Nissen Hut. The site of the Former PoW Camp lies between Ash Grove and the Industrial estate. Unlike the industrial estate that has retained its prefab buildings all of the structures have been removed. The former PoW Camp is now a field used to graze cattle, also part of the site may lay within a small woodland Although the Huts have gone the bases for three groups of huts can be seen. I was able to take photos of this site using both my DSLR and Drone Cameras. The drone was revelated an oddity to this site in that whilst the bases to three groups of Nissen Huts have survived that the huts where not aligned. The huts within each group are aligned with each other but they are not aligned with the next group of huts. This nonalignment of the buildings is the first such occurrence I have come across. Also I am surprised by the simple fact that this small PoW Site is located within a couple of hundred metres of a massive ordnance depot. The Geneva Protocol forbit the use of PoW in a Military and or Dangerous setting. Whilst there is no evidence that the Allies did this during WWII the UK adopted a different policy after the war. Following the formal surrender of Germany in May 1945 the UK asked for and got volunteers from the PoW Camps to assist in the disposal of ordnance. Given that it looks like this camp was small and has a high PoW Camp Number it is speculated that the PoWs housed at Wem were involved in the disposable of ordnance Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5825 to 5930 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p863653226 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5874 to 5930 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p111101932

Page 69 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 52°46'0.18" N 1018 Acksea Camp Shropshire G.Wkg.Coy Group Shrewsbury 3602 Visited 4 Military Original English Heritage data states: 2°56'47.321" W Administering 23 Ext 216 Training Kinnerley SY4 1BH Western Cmd 10May19 Associated with an Ordnance Depot, now a military training area. See Camp no.1018 Area Oswestry Camp 1018 W.W V/1270/4 04Mar19 < Location > OS Aerial Map view shows a clearly defined site with buildings still visible. < Unconfirmed > This looks like a prime site to visit although it does look as described a military training area in which case access is restricted 25Mar19 Camp 34 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 03April19 ALSO SEE Camp 591 Nesscliffe 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for this project. I have yet to get a reply 10May19 Acksea Camps 34 and 1018 are located on the same Military Training Base as Camp 591 Wilcott Camp, that of Nesscliffe Military Training Range. Between the Training Area Acksea and Accommodation Site Wilcott there is an area known as the Compound. All that has survived of this compound is the concrete bases of steel fence posts within a long field that is now used to graze cattle. It is assumed that is Compound is where the third PoW Camp associated with Nescliff was located. In addition to the remaining fence post bases and the Acksea Farm buildings there are several WWII Ammunition Storage bunkers that have since been abandoned. I took several photos in and around Acksea Farm and the Compound with my DSLR Camera along with a signpost for the camp as a whole when I left. These last few images also include a few images shot of a field opposite the camp entrance that may have been used or related to the PoW camps Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5809 to 5824 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p856341753

16 Flaxley Green Camp Staffordshire SK 034 158 GWC Lt Col H W Rugeley 293/4 Bury Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: 175 Stilecop Field 52° 44' 23" N Western Cmd Saunders Priswar Rugeley LARGE STANDARD. Camp consisting of a guards' compound and six prisoners' compounds, three for tents and 218 Rugeley 1° 57' 3" W W.E V/202/4 three with hutting. See Camp no.175 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field with an area of scrub land that is the approximate size and shape of a former PoW Camp. National Archives Reference WO 166/14168 218 Prisoner of War Camp. Camp moved from Aldershot, Hampshire, to Kempton Park; Form there to Sunbury on Thames; from there to Coleford, Gloucestershire; from there to Rugeley, Staffordshire; from there to Didlington, Norfolk. 25Mar19 Camp 16 is identified within the FO Camp list as being Gosford Camp East Lothian and Deer Park in Midlothian. Camp 218 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

96 Wolseley Road Camp Staffordshire SK 030 197 GWC Lt Col E L Hughes Rugeley 307 Rugeley 9T.V) Yes 3 Sewage Original English Heritage data states: Rugeley 52° 46' 29" N Western Cmd Prislab Rugeley Works STANDARD type. 1° 57' 25" W W.E. V/1453/2 Site used as a sewage farm 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the original comments a sewage farm within a compound of the right size and shape of a former Pow Site.

Page 70 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

99 The Military Hospital Staffordshire SJ 991 226 Hospital Major R B Asterley Rugeley 285 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Shugborough Park 52° 48' 3" N Western Cmd Milford 291/2 Military Hospital. Shugborough 2° 0' 53" W W.E V111/356/3 Prishosp Great Returned to parkland Great Haywood Haywood 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Shugborough Park and Hall. As per many stately homes the PoW Camp was removed after the war and the grounds restored leaving no evidence as to the former camp. A such and given the large grounds it is not possible to definitively identify the exact location of the camp without further information.

134 Loxley Hall Staffordshire SK 061 321 4 School 04Mar19 Loxley 52° 53' 10" N Parkland OS Aerial Map view shows Loxley Hall School. Uttoxeter 1° 54' 38" W As per many stately homes the PoW Camp was removed after the war and the grounds restored leaving no evidence as to the former camp. A such and given the large grounds it is not possible to definitively identify the exact location of the camp without further information. 25Mar19 Camp 134 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

151 Pendeford Hall Staffordshire SJ 895 039 Yes 3 Caravan Original English Heritage data states: Codsall 52° 37' 57" N Park Precise location not identified, Wolverhampton 2° 9' 23" W NGR given junction of Coven Lane and Pendeford Hall Lane 04Mar19 Pendeford Hall is now the site of a residential caravan park OS Aerial Map view shows at the coordinates given the caravan park which is within compound consistent with that of other former PoW Camps. It is therefore, a relative simple conclusion that the caravan park has been built on the site of the former PoW site. 25Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW Camp list only identifies Camp 151 as being Lawn(e) Camp. It is probable given that Pendeford Hall and Halfpenny Green are close to Lawn that these camps are in fact subcamps or Hostels for Lawn(e).

151 Lawn Camp Staffordshire SJ 904 053 GWC Lt Col A W Hawkins Fordhouses 3221/2 Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Coven Lawn 52° 38' 43" N Western Cmd Priswar Former Heavy Anti-aircraft battery (HAA Bty) Coven Lane Wolverhampton 2° 8' 35" W W.E V/1453/2 04Mar19 Coven OS Aerial Map view shows a field with crop marks. However, immediately to the north of this field is another field with scrub land and a series of marks and shapes more consistent with the site of a former PoW Camp 25Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW Camp list only identifies Camp 151 as being Lawn(e) Camp. It is probable given that Pendeford Hall and Halfpenny Green are close to Lawn that these camps are in fact subcamps or Hostels for Lawn(e).

Page 71 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

151b Halfpenny Green Staffordshire SO 823 910 Yes 3 or 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Wolverhampton 52° 30' 59" N Former Former RAF airfield. 2° 15' 44" W Military / Precise location not identified, Active Civil Airfield NGR given for feature centre 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the original data Halfpenny Green Airfield with no direct indication as to the location of the former PoW Camp. As per other airfields it is possible that the PoWs where accommodate at either the Technical or Domestic sites. Or alternately a barbed wire cage in the centre of the A form Runways. Possible locations marked on saved aerial map view 25Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW Camp list only identifies Camp 151 as being Lawn(e) Camp. It is probable given that Pendeford Hall and Halfpenny Green are close to Lawn that these camps are in fact subcamps or Hostels for Lawn(e).

194 Teddesley Hall Camp Staffordshire SJ 947 157 Yes 3 or 4 Parkland 04Mar19 Penkridge 52° 44' 20" N OS Aerial Map view shows Teddesley Hall and Park. 2° 4' 47" W As per many stately homes the PoW Camp was removed after the war and the grounds restored leaving no evidence as to the former camp. A such and given the large grounds it is not possible to definitively identify the exact location of the camp without further information. Having said the above the field directly to the north of the given coordinates shows some very faint marks in the aerial view that may be consistent with a former PoW Camp National Archives Reference FO 939/179 194 Working Camp, Teddesley Hall Camp, Penkridge, Staffordshire 25Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW Camp list identifies Camp 194 as being Council Houses Camp which like Teddesley is listed as being at Penkridge. It is probable that one camp is a Subcamp of the other. However, given that both are identified by number in FO Reports it is not possible to say which camp is which or if the camp was moved at some point.

Page 72 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

194 Council Houses Camp Staffordshire SJ 92 13 GWC Lt Col R F J Penkridge 343 Penkridge 4 Industrial Original English Heritage data states: Hayward VC Teddesley Hall 52° 42' 52" N Western Cmd Priswar Penkridge Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre of village Penkridge 2° 7' 11" W W.E V/1453/2 04Mar19 Stafford OS Aerial Map view shows a small field at the given coordinates along with a cleared area that looks like some form of building site with markings consistent with what may have been a camp. Without more exact data it is not possible to identify the location of the camp. Whilst the cleared area looks promising with the markings that can be seen these may have been from warehouses on the site prior to it being cleared and nothing to do with the former camp. 25Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW Camp list identifies Camp 194 as being Council Houses Camp which like Teddesley is listed as being at Penkridge. It is probable that one camp is a Subcamp of the other. However, given that both are identified by number in FO Reports it is not possible to say which camp is which or if the camp was moved at some point. 26Mar19 Given that the Camp Commander in Feb47 is identified as a holder of the Victoria Cross his details including the fact that he commanded a PoW Camp are included on-line within Wikipedia and other sources: Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward, VC, MC & Bar, ED Jun91-Jan78 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Hayward_(VC) No. 30648". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 April 1918. pp. 4967–4968. 31Jul19 The Pegasus Archive website also lists Teddesley Hall as PoW Camp 194 also at Penkridge

564 Stretton Hall Staffordshire SK 3051 1198 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Stretton-en-le-Field 52° 42' 16" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for Hall Farm. Neatherseal 1° 32' 59" W 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows the hall, buildings trees etc.. but no clear indications as to the location of presence of a former PoW Camp. Two fields directly north of the given coordinates though show a degree of promises 25Mar19 Camp 564 is not included within the FO Camp list, nor are any camps in the 500 range Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

00 Brierley Hill Staffordshire 31Jul19 This Pow Camp / Sub Camp was identified through the Pegasus Archive

00 Bromley Lane Staffordshire 31Jul19 Kingswinford This Pow Camp / Sub Camp was identified through the Pegasus Archive

00 Gillity Manor Park Staffordshire 31Jul19 Walsall This Pow Camp / Sub Camp was identified through the Pegasus Archive

00 Sutton Park Staffordshire 31Jul19 This Pow Camp / Sub Camp was identified through the Pegasus Archive

00 Mellish Road Staffordshire 31Jul19 Walsall This Pow Camp / Sub Camp was identified through the Pegasus Archive

Page 73 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

6 No 3 Camp Warwickshire SP 1708 4883 GWCoy Group Stratford on Avon Yes 1..3 Former Original English Heritage data states: Administering 25 3248 Military 685 E.S.C.D 52° 8' 14" N Northern Cmd Ordnance Depot Long Marston (W.O.) Airfield 1° 45' 6" W W.E V/1270/4 Previous 04Mar19 Stratford on Avon Visit to RAF Long OS Aerial Map view shows at the two-digit coordinates given an empty field with no obvious signs of the former PoW Marston Camp in the vicinity. Long Marston has two separate military sites prior to WWII. One site was an ordnance depot, the other an RAF Airfield. Long Marston was a RAF airfield and I have visited the airfield on a previous photographic project. As per other airfield sites the camp could be in the domestic or technical sites around the airfield. It is also possible that the camp may have been a simple POW cage in the centre of the airfield or at a remote former domestic site. Whilst I have not visited the Long Marston Depot the same applies as per the airfield; without more accurate and or other data it is not possible to pinpoint the location of this former PoW Camp. Having said the above I have identified a 3rd site somewhat smaller than the airfield and Ordnance Depot. This third site is to the south of the Depot and is the correct size and shape as a former PoW camp. There are buildings on this 3rd site as well as evidence of former buildings close by. All three sites are marked on the saved copy of the aerial map view and I believe that the smaller site to the South is the most likely one to have been the PoW Camp. 25Mar19 Camp 6 is not included within the Feb47 FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

25 Cloister Croft Camp Warwickshire SP 319 672 4 Urban 04Mar19 Leamington Spa CV32 5U 52° 18' 7" N OS Aerial Map view shows a heavily built up area consisting of a housing estate with a few green spaces 1° 32' 0" W Harrington Aviation Museum Website gives: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Cloisters Croft, known as Camp 25. The camp could have been in use up until 1948 and has since been removed. Modern OS mapping shows that housing has been developed on the site. 25Mar19 Camp 25 is identified on the Feb47 FO Camp list as being Lodge Farm Camp in Newbury Berks. Given the distance between Newbury and Leamington Spar it is unlikely that one is a sub camp to the other. However, it is possible that the camp was moved at some point from Leamington Spa to Newbury

Page 74 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

31 Ettington Park Camp Warwickshire SP 249 476 GWC Lt Col R E A G Ettington 243 Ettington via Yes 3..4 Parkland 04Mar19 232 Newbold-on-Stour 52° 7' 34" N Northern Cmd Badger Priswar Newbold- Stratford on OS Aerial Map view shows a field, woods and scrub land with no obvious indicate of the former PoW camp. Stratford on Avon Avon 1° 38' 15" W on-Stour There is through a field to the East with two long strips in the ground that needs investigating if this site is visited.

Note: may also be The field with markings has been marked in the saved aerial map view. spelt as “Etterington Further details as to the camps including mapping and Lidar search results are to be found on Warwickshire webs site: Park” https://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?monuid=WA9592 The above source details the following coordinates as contains the remains of the two camps: SP 249 476 SP 25045 47645 SP25035 47524 SP 24890 47579 SP 24877 47619 SP 24999 4729 SP 24971 47656 SP 24965 47561 SP 24877 47619 National Archives Reference FO 939/115 31 Working Camp, Ettington Park Camp, Newbold on Stour, Warwickshire Note: see also FO 939/273 National Archives Reference FO 939/273 Exhibition: 31 Working Camp, Ettington Park Camp, Newbould on Stour, Warwickshire 25Mar19 Camp 232 on the Feb47 FO PoW Camp List identifies Camp 232 as being 232 PoW Hospital Northwich Park, Blockley Gate. Gloucestershire. The listing of PoW Camp Number 232, has to be an error of some type. However, until further information is found to clarify the situation the number has been retain within this entry

39 Castle Camp Warwickshire SP 228 889 GWC Lt Col F G N Coleshill 2184/5 Whitacre 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Maxstoke Northern Cmd Alexander Priswar Sustoke Junction STANDARD type. Coleshill Green W.E. V/1453/2 Golf course 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a cleared field on the edge of Maxstoke Park Golf Club. National Archives Reference FO 939/121 39 Working Camp, Castle Camp, Maxstoke, Coleshill, Warwickshire

Page 75 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

97 Birdingbury Warwickshire SP 430 698 GWC Northern Lt Col P W Dollar Marton 314 Birdingbury Visited 4 Golf Course 04Mar19 Cmd LMS Bourton 52° 29' 51" N Priswar Bourton 22Jun19 OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field surrounded by other fields and farms. Rugby 1° 39' 56" W W.E. V/1453/2 Rugby There are some very very faint markings in the field 100m to the south of the given coordinates.

<< Location >> National Archives Reference: FO 939/306 << Verified >> 97 Working Camp, Birdingbury Camp, Bourton, Warwickshire 14Mar19 Harington Aviation Museum reference: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Birdingbury, known as Camp 97. This was a purpose- built, standard type camp. Common buildings and facilities at standard type camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. It functioned as a German work camp, where prisoners were sent out to work in the local area. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed but a footprint of the site could survive 22Jun19 It is fair to say that the site of the former Birdingbury PoW Camp has changed a few times over the years. The site of the former PoW Camp is within Maxstoke Park Gold Club which is part of the grounds of Maxstoke Castle. The name of the Camp Birdingbury like many former military bases is taken from that of the closest train station. It is intriguing that the signs outside a modern club house for the club identifies the Club as being funded in 1898. I have no evidence as if the course was always at its current location or history although this is highly probable. As such it is probable that the military camp was sited within the golf course during the war and then adapted to become a PoW Camp. Following the end of the war the camp was removed and remediation and restoration work was carried out to reinstate the golf course. The course as it appears now is made up of. A driveway running east to west leading to a very modern club house with a manager house at the entrance to the site. The major portion of the golf course is located behind / to the West of the cub house. A driving green exists in front of the clubhouse and to the north of the driveway with an extension to the main course on the other side of the drive. On talking to the club manager a lady that lived in the house close to the entrance I was told a small amount of the known history of the PoW Camp. The camp accommodation was located between the present clubhouse and the main road and either side of the driveway occupying the driving green and the extension to the main course. The manager told me that her house was located on what was ornamental fountains and gardens built by the PoWs. Also that a single remnant was still present from the gardens a chess / draughts board on bench. Photos were taken of the site with DSLR and Drone Cameras including a number with Golf Clubs and carts as metaphors along with images of the games board and bench. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9277 to 9358 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p424791605 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9303 to 9358 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p192645970

140 Racecourse Camp Warwickshire SP 27 64 4 Race Course Original English Heritage data states: Warwick 52° 16' 24" N Urban Precise location not identified, 1° 36' 20" W there was a large camp at SP 257 648 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows the race course to the north of the given coordinates. There are no obvious signs of the former PoW camp at either the given coordinates or race course. 25Mar19 Camp 140 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 76 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

195 Merevale Hall Camp Warwickshire SP 299 980 GWC Lt Col A J Godfrey Atherstone 3245 Atherstone Visited 3 Farm Land Original English Heritage data states: 241 Atherstone 52° 34' 44" N Northern Cmd Priswar Atherstone 22Jun19 Restored parkland. See Camp no.241 1° 33' 36" W W.E. V/1453/2 04Mar19

<< Location >> OS Aerial Map view shows a small woodland within Merevale Park. << Verified >> There is no visual evidence in the aerial views of Merevale Hall and Park. << I think >> As per other stately homes the site may have been restored following the end of the war thus without more data it is not possible to locate the exact whereabouts of this former PoW site. There is through two sites to the south of the hall and park that look extremely promising. Likewise there are two sites to the west of the coordinates These sites have been annotated on the saved copy of the aerial map view. 25Mar19 Camp 195 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 22Jun19 This site is located just off the A5 on the outskirts of Atherstone with what appears to be the former main entrance on the A5 / B4116 roundabout and behind a barricaded gate and large wall. As such the site is not accessible from this entrance. Behind the gate the remains of a concrete roadway can be seen that leads directly south from the gate to a small woodland position where English Heritage suggest that the actual camp is located. I took several images from the gateway on the traffic island as well as a gateway further along the B4116 of the gateways, concrete pathway and the woods. I also took a small number of images of the pathway, surrounding fields and woods. I next drove to Abbey Farm a short distance from the former camp entrance in order to seek further details of the landowners and to obtain permission to enter the site. The farm owners informed me that the site was located within the Merevale Estate and that I needed to contact them during normal business hours to get permission to go into the woods and take images over and above the ones already taken. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9277 to 9331 and 9267 to 9276 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p163755201 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9231 to 9265 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p54888299

196 Arbury Hall Camp Warwickshire SP 334 894 GWC Lt Col F G Holbrook Nuneaton 3421 Nuneaton 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Nuneaton 52° 30' 5" N Northern Cmd R.A Priswar Nuneaton Restored parkland. 1° 30' 33" W W.E. V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Arbury Hall and Park but there are no obvious signs of a former PoW Camp at the coordinates given. As per other stately homes the site may have been restored following the end of the war thus without more data it is not possible to locate the exact whereabouts of this former PoW site. 14Mar19 Harington Aviation Museum website PRISONER OF WAR CAMP Known as Camp 196. This was a base camp that held German prisoners. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed and the site restored to parkland.

Page 77 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

579 Marlborough Farm Camp Warwickshire SP 3773 5174 4 Marlboroug Original English Heritage data states: Radway Extension 52° 9' 45" N h Barracks Precise location not identified, Kineton 1° 26' 59" W NGR given for Marlborough Barracks, Marlborough Farm however was at SP 3751 5157. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a site identified as Marlborough Barracks as stated in the original English Heritage information. Given that this is a known military site with pre-existing an new buildings without additional information it is not possible to determine the exact location of the former PoW Camp. 26Mar19 Camp 579 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

667 Stoneleigh Camp Warwickshire SP 3430 7184 GWCoy Group Yes 2 Exhibition Original English Heritage data states: 667a Stoneleigh CV8 3DR 52° 20' 36" N Northern Cmd Administering 36 Show Camp associated with Military Hospital. (W.O.) Ground Coventry 1° 29' 52" W W.E. V/1270/4 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows the Stoneleigh Park and Exhibition Centre and show grounds. Specifically, the given coordinates show lawns. However, 300 – 400m to the west of the coordinates their area series of buildings that resemble huts with marking on the ground that indicate that at some point in time there were more huts at this site. The saved aerial map view shows the entire park along with the location of the specified coordinates. In addition, the map has been annotated to show the location of the huts. Note: I have visited Stoneleigh a number of times but have not been to that part of the site. 14Mar19 From Harrington Carpetbaggers Aviation Museum website: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Stoneleigh Park, known as Camp 667 or 667a. This was a working camp for German prisoners, who worked as labourers in the local area. The camp was associated with a military hospital and may have occupied former hospital buildings. The camp could have been in use up until 1948 and has since been removed.

1005 Barby Camp Warwickshire SP 545 706 G W Coy Group Rugby 3461 Ext 37 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Administering 9 Willoughby CV23 8UE 52° 19' 50" N Northern Cmd Precise location not identified. NGR for centre of village. Rugby 1° 12' 5" W W.E V/1270/4 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the original English Heritage data Barby Village with no obvious indications of the location of the former PoW Camp. There are though several possible sites which are marked on the saved aerial maps. National Archives Reference FO 939/327 1005 Working Camp, Barby Camp, Rugby, Warwickshire 14Mar19 Harington Aviation Museum at the link below gives the location for Barby Hostel PoW Cam as SP 545 706 Ware Road, Barby, Northamptonshire. Given the above the location is change from SP5432 7039 to SP 545 706

Page 78 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

54 Longbridge Camp Worcestershire SO 888 652 G W C Lt Col W H Green Droitwich 2391 Droitwich Yes 3 Caravan Original English Heritage data states: Park Also called Hampton Lovett 52° 17' 5" N Western Cmd Priswar Droitwich STANDARD type. Camp Industrial 2° 9' 56" W Site occupied by residential caravans, Droitwich hut footings used as hard standings 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage Data a tightly packed caravan site within a defined boundary. The size and shape of the site along with the placement of the caravan / holiday homes is all consistent with that of a former PoW Camp National Archives Reference FO 939/136 54 Working Camp, Hampton Lovett Camp, Droitwich, Worcestershire

277 Recreation Ground Worcestershire SP 0749 4616 G W C Lt Col P J McKevitt Badsey 326 Yes 4 Sports Original English Heritage data states: (Fladbury Golf Course) 52° 6' 49" N Western Cmd Priswar Badsey Ground 24 huts sited along the eastern and northern boundaries of the recreation ground. South Littleton 1° 53' 31" W W.E V/1453/2 04Mar19 Evesham OS Aerial Map view shows a playing field with no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp Although this is of a sports ground there are sites to the North and West of the given coordinates that may be former military sites. This point is of importance as this site carries two camp numbers;-277 & 665 one camp being a GCW and the other a GWCoy 30Jul19 This camp No 277 is names as Fladbury Golf Course on the Pegasus Archive

277a Fladbury Golf Course Worcestershire SO 997 470 4 Golf Course Original English Heritage data states: Fladbury 52° 7' 16" N Site occupied by a golf course Pershore 2° 0' 20" W 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage Data a golf course with no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp 26Mar19 Camp 277 is identified as being at South Littleton and not at Pershore. However, both camps are in Warwickshire and it is possible that Pershore was a subcamp of hostel of South Littleton. Alternatively, the camp may originally have been located at Pershore but by Feb47 had been relocated to South Littleton.

287 Perdiswell Hall Worcestershire SO 8538 5763 4 Golf Course Original English Heritage data states: Droitwich Road 52° 13' 0" N Former RAF Worcester. Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre of landing ground. Claines 2° 12' 55" W 04Mar19 Worcester OS Aerial Map view shows what is described as Government Offices as well as a Golf Course and Leisure Centre at the coordinates given. There is no obvious signs as to the location of the former PoW camp and without more information it is not possible to accurately locate the site. 26Mar19 Camp 287 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

665 South Littleton Worcestershire SP 0749 4616 G W Coy Badsey 327 Yes 4 Sports Original English Heritage data states: O.S.D Honeybourne 52° 6' 49" N Western Cmd Ground 24 huts sited along the eastern and northern boundaries of the recreation ground. Evesham 1° 53' 31" W W.E V/1270/4 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a playing field with no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp Although this is of a sports ground there are sites to the North and West of the given coordinates that may be former military sites. This point is of importance as this site carries two camp numbers;- 277 & 665 one camp being a GCW and the other a GWCoy

Page 79 of 174

Table 2 Midlands & East Anglia

2019 Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947

689 Blackmore Park Worcestershire SO 7983 4353 GWCoy Group Malvern 1122 Yes 3 Light 04Mar19 689 PWW Coy 52° 5' 23" N Western Cmd Administering 25 Industry OS Aerial Map view shows what appears to be a large warehouse with several buildings and sites in the immediate area (WO) Blackmore II Camp 2° 17' 44" W WE V/1270/4 Rural they could be hold overs from the military. Great Malvern Having said this the coordinates given and the size of the compound that contains the warehouse or whatever the building is are consistent with the size and shape of a former PoW Camp.

Page 80 of 174

6 PoW Camps in Sothern England

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 72 Ducks Cross Camp Bedfordshire TL 109 561 GWC Lt Col F W Ford Colmworth 67 Bedform LMS Visited 3 Light 26Feb19 OBE Industry Dacca Farm MK44 2QW 52° 11' 31" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Wilden, 24May19 OS Map Aerial views show a small industrial type estate or compound Bedford Colesdon Road, Wilden 0° 22' 44" W WE V/1453/2 National Archives Reference FO 939/152

<< Location >> 72 Working Camp, Ducks Cross Camp, Colmworth, Bedfordshire << Verified >> 14Mar19 From Harrington Aviation Museum Website: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Dacca Farm, officially known as Camp 72. This was a purpose-built, standard type camp. Common buildings and facilities at standard type camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. A visit by the International Red Cross in February 1943 reports that up to 750 Italian prisoners were held there. Later during the war the camp functioned as a work camp for German prisoners, who worked in the local area. The camp could have been in use up until 1948. 24May19 Ducks Cross farm in many ways is an atypical site where buildings have survived in a good condition. This is a site of a single former PoW Camp has in part been divided up into two main parts both of which contain a house and both of which contain a number of modern buildings used for light industry alongside older former PoW accommodation buildings the signs outside the site listing: • Grovelands Farm • The Squirrels • West Bungalow • SteelBuild • Bryher Farm I meet the farmer and owner of the major part of the site show showed me his home and a swimming pool that had been built inside one of the former PoW Accommodation Huts. I was also shown inside a couple of the huts that are now used for storage but in the past had been adapted and used to raise pigs. Within own of the huts there was a small item of Italian Graffiti, bikes, junk and as I say a swimming pool. One of the things I was shown was a series of photographs of the site as a PoW Camp, copies of which are included within the image set along with DSLR and Drone Images. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7578 to 7681 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p63432702 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7618 to 7643 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p206377503

261 W.D. Camp Bedfordshire TL 029 383 yes 4 Sports 26Feb19 Ampthill 52° 2' 0" N Field OS Map Aerial views show football pitch and what looks like a park. 0° 30' 5" W OS Map view marked as Ampthill Park with a Memorial Cross

269 Mansion Potton Camp Bedfordshire TL 220 490 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: 628 Potton 52° 7' 33" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for village. Sandy 0° 13' 9" W 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows a small housing estate 26Mar19 Camp 269 and 628 are not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that these camps closed prior to Feb47. 31Jul19 PoW 628 Camp Identified though Pegasus Archive as “Hutted Camp at Sutton Park in Potton: Page 81 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 270 Luton Airport Camp Bedfordshire TL 118 211 GWC Lt Col M F F Luton 4162 Luton Yes 4 Airport Original English Heritage data states: Buszard Luton 51° 52' 38" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Luton Precise location not identified, NGR given for approx centre of airfield. 0° 22' 38" W WE V/1453/2 26Feb19 Major UK modern airport

278 W.D. Camp Bedfordshire TL 0238 5350 GWC Lt Col AB Rogers Bedford 4868 Bedford LMS 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Clapham 52° 10' 12" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Bedford Two possible sites, other possibility is at TL 0071 5464 Bedford 0° 30' 15" W WE V/1453/2 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows what appears to be flats or small offices on the edge of a housing estate. The 2nd coordinate set shows a field with a small industrial compound a couple of hundred metres to the north which I think would be a more likely location Neither of the two sites though show any indications of its former usage as a PoW camp

561 Old Woodbury Hall Bedfordshire TL 2136 5286 4 Farmland Original English Heritage data states: Gamlingay 52° 9' 38" N Large country house, no obvious indication of additional accommodation. Sandy 0° 13' 38" W 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows large house with large barn type outbuildings 26Mar19 Camp 561 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

575 Church Farm Bedfordshire SP 9974 4049 4 Farmland Original English Heritage data states: Marston Moretaine 52° 3' 13" N Small camp of Nissen huts on either side of road. Bedford 0° 32' 48" W 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows as it says a farm with houses to the north. I cannot see on-line any evidence of Nissen Huts 14Mar19 From Harrington Aviation Museum website PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Church Farm, known as Camp 575. The camp comprised Nissen huts positioned on either side of the road. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed. 26Mar19 Camp 575 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

611 Harrold Hall Bedfordshire SP 9489 5689 Yes 3 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Harrold 52° 12' 7" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for crossroads. 0° 36' 46" W 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view seems to show that whilst the hall has survived the general area around the hall has been lost to post war housing development. Note I have scored this as a 3 as the Hall is this there 14Mar19 From Harrington Aviation Museum website PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Harrold Hall, known as Camp 611. It could have been in use up until 1948. Harrold Hall was demolished in the 19 26Mar19 Camp 611 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 82 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 644 Hutted Camp Bedfordshire TL 0465 4163 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Houghton Conquest 52° 3' 47" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for crossroad in village. Bedford 0° 28' 29" W 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view I have taken is of the village with the pin at the coordinates given. Given that the actual location is not known and there are o obvious locations to be seen in the map view the actual map view I have saved covers a wider area than normal Note: There is a field to the East of the Village and 100m from the given coordinates that Is of the correct size and shape of a former PoW Camp 26Mar19 Camp 644 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

00 Old Woodbury Hall Bedfordshire 14Mar19 From Harington Aviation Museum website: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp in the grounds of Old Woodbury Hall, known as Camp 561. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed and no features of the camp are evident.

7 Winter Quarter Camp Berkshire SU 905 679 4 Woodland 26Feb19 Ascot SL5 8AQ 51° 24' 10" N OS Map Aerial views shows a modern EXTENSIVE woodland as such the location on the original comments looks wrong 0° 42' 1" W or the site has been cleared and woods planted National Archives Reference WO 166/14167 7 Prisoner of War Camp at Ascot. Escape attempts made by unidentified (German) prisoners of war. 26Mar19 Camp 7 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

25 Lodge Farm Camp Berkshire SU 296 773 GWC Lt Col H Mc G Aldbourne 95 Lambourne GWR 4 Farmland 26Feb19 Boyle MC Baydon RG17 7BJ 51° 29' 37" N Western Cmd Priswar Baydon OS Map Aerial views shows a cleared site with a large house and trees Newbury 1° 34' 30" W WE V/1453/2 National Archives Reference FO 939/109 25 Working Camp, Lodge Farm Camp, Farncombe Down, Berkshire Note: see also FO 939/296

88 Mortimer Camp Berkshire SU 678 635 GWC Lt Col C C Smythe Mortimer 74 Mortimer Visited 3 Farmland 01Mar19 OBE MC Stratfield Mortimer RG7 2AR 51° 21' 59" N Southern Cmd Priswar Mortimer 19Mar19 OS Map Aerial views shows a cleared field with some trace markings and possibly a couple of buildings on the east of the Reading 1° 1' 38" W WE V/1453/2 site abutting the road National Archives Reference FO 939/168 88 Working Camp, Mortimer Camp, Reading, Berkshire Visited 19Mar19 This site of a former PoW Camp is a made up of a large grass field with a small degree of water logging. Entrance to the field is via a farm track that leads to other fields and to Little Park Farm. The inmate entry to the field is via small concrete compound that may date as far back to WWII. This concrete area is divided into three parts. The 1st part to the extreme left is a small multi bay wooden structure used to store farming equipment. Next there is a similar multi bay structure used to store equipment but made of breeze blocks. And finally the largest part of the compound is a free space on the concrete. One interesting feature and to be noted as a reflection on modern society is that the wide entrance to the field itself is blocked by multi part harrow or roller that appears to have been placed there to prevent vehicle trespass into the field. The field itself is unremarkable and is a clear empty space with no traces of the presences of the former PoW Camp. The fencing around the field that was inspected is modern and shows no evidence of older war time fences or structures. Image ID Photo 2019 03 1910 to 1973 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p900594582

Page 83 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 135 Stanbury House Camp Berkshire SU 712 670 GWC Lt Col W Dickson Spencer’s Wood Reading VISTED 4 Woodland Original English Heritage data states: MC (Reading) 83158 Stanbury Park RG7 1RR 51° 23' 51" N Southern Cmd 19Mar19 Huts located under trees by the drive Spencers Wood Priswar Spencer’s 0° 58' 40" W WE/1453/2 01Mar19 Reading Wood OS Map Aerial views shows what appears to be the hall with a small housing development to the south of the hall and given coordinates. There is also a wood lined driveway an woodlands and scrubland that “may” contain the huts and carved tree from the original comments. Marked as 3 as the hall is still there National Archives Reference LMA/4288/D/04/007 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Kirche (German Church, Sydenham). Parish. Prisoners-Of-War. Prisoner of War Camp 135: prison newspaper (No 14) (435) Visited 19Mar19 This site is made up of a modern hosing development approached down a large driveway with very large trees. There are accessible woodlands to the rear of the houses. In addition there is a mixture of woodland and scrub to the right of the driveway as you drive from the main road to the houses. The area is correctly in my view names as Spencers wood. I took a number of images of the houses, the area behind the houses, the driveway and scrub land. There were a few bricks and bits within the scrub but it was not possible to visually match them with the sort of rubble I have come across on other sites that was known to have originated with former military buildings. I have to conclude that there is no evidence as to the former PoW Camp at this site. Image ID’s: Photo 2019 03 1976 to 2044 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p897279072

246 Basildon House, Berkshire SU 604 779 GWC Lt Col C E Lewin- Pangbourne 312 Pangbourne Yes 3 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Lower Basildon, RG8 9NR 51° 29' 48" N Southern Cmd Harris Priswar Pangbourne Woodland One hut and various footings & a carved tree remain extant in woodland Pangbourne 1° 7' 52" W WE V/1452/2 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial views shows the House along with extensive park land and woods Marked as 3 as the hall is still there 17Mar19 This site is now a National Trust Property

652 Durnell's Farm Camp Berkshire SU 5136 9182 GWCoy Group Didcot 2191 tbd 4 Industrial Original English Heritage data states: Administering 52 693 Magazine Camp OX11 7YS 51° 37' 22" N Southern Cmd Ext 172/3 652 Site occupied by Didcot power station. (WO) Central Ordnance Depot 1° 15' 34" W WE V/1456/2 Ext 130 693 See Camp no.693. Didcot 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial views shows the power station along will coal tip and extensive industrial and residential buildings. This site has been completely cleared by the power station and surrounding buildings National Archives Reference LMA/4288/D/04/009 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Kirche (German Church, Sydenham). Parish. Prisoners-Of-War. Prisoner of War Camp 652: prison newspaper (No 12) (437)

Page 84 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 1001 Crookham Common Camp Berkshire SU 5271 6471 GWCoy Group Thatcham 2174 Visited 2 Rural 26Feb19 Administering 52 Thatcham RG19 8DG 51° 22' 44" N Southern Cmd 19Mar19 OS Map Aerial views show fields woods and scrub land in line with Greenham Common Runway Newbury (WO) 1° 14' 38" W WE V/1456/2 Visited 19Ma19 This site has turned out to be one of the best sites to visit in terms of seeing the evolution of a landscape and neglect and nature fighting back. This site is located literally at the end of the main runway of the former RAF Greenham Common. It is accessed via a small track that passes through woodland that leads to a white farm type gate panted white with a small red letterbox. Thus far I have been unable to trace and or contact the landowners. On entry to the site which is made up of a large scrub land field it can be observed as being divided into three effective area: Fenced off compound, a single Nissen Hut and what appears to be a brick built pig sty and the rest of the field which appears to have been used as a casual tip. The Nissen hut sits on its own although here are traces and bases of other huts within the field. The Nissen hut has been modified with additional windows added to one end but the door is missing and the hut along with the rest of the site appears to have been abandoned. There’s are children’s plays houses, an old above ground swimming pool, car taller and ladder amongst the items in and around the Nissen Hut. In short, the site appears to have been liven in and used as a small holding which has since been abandoned. The site having been abandoned, nature in the form of grass, scrub, bracken etc… is grown over the various items around the site and is slowly softening the appearance. Image ID’s: Photo 2019 03 2045 to 2118 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p787309082

00 Swindley Estate: Berkshire 13Mar19 prisoner of war camp near National Archives Reference CRES 35/1408 Ascot West Station Swindley Estate: prisoner of war camp near Ascot West Station.

20 Wilton Park Buckinghamshire SU 960 903 SC Eastern Cmd Lt Col L St Clare- Beaconsfield 1291 Beaconsfield 4 Sports 01Mar19 300 Beaconsfield 51° 36' 12" N WE V/1507/2 Grondona Priswar Field OS Map Aerial views shows a sports complex or School labelled. 0° 36' 54" W Beaconsfield It looks like the site was cleared and built over by the school / sports complex leaving no visible traces to been seen in the map views National Archives Reference FO 371/70704A Reorganization of Wilton Park Prisoner of War Camp as a civilian training centre for Germans. Reports on courses held there. Code 185, file 15 (papers to 504). National Archives Reference FO 371/70704B Reorganization of Wilton Park Prisoner of War Camp as a civilian training centre for Germans. Reports on courses held there. Code 185, file 15 (papers 516 - 1110). National Archives Reference FO 371/70704C Reorganization of Wilton Park Prisoner of War Camp as a civilian training centre for Germans. Reports on courses held there. Code 185, file 15 (papers 1229 - 2734). National Archives Reference FO 371/70704D Reorganization of Wilton Park Prisoner of War Camp as a civilian training centre for Germans. Reports on courses held there. Code 185, file 15 (papers 2739 - 3212). National Archives Reference FO 371/70704E Reorganization of Wilton Park Prisoner of War Camp as a civilian training centre for Germans. Reports on courses held there. Code 185, file 15 (papers 3271 to end). 26Mar19 Camp 20 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 85 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 36 Hartwell Dog Track Camp Buckinghamshire SP 797 121 GWC Lt Col W L Barnard Stone 297 Aylesbury 3 Urban 01Mar19 Hartwell 51° 48' 6" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Aylesbury Buckinghamshire County Council on their register of monuments identifies the location of a monument dedicated to this Aylesbury 0° 50' 44" W WE V/1453/2 site as: SP 7970 1207 which is about 200m to the West of the original coordinates. This reference can be found at: https://ubp.buckscc.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?UID=mbc22384 OS Map Aerial views shows a clearly defined and delineated small housing estate. Given that the council supplied coordinates are of a area that has been built on and the original English Heritage coordinates which are of an empty field I have amended the values: From SP 807 121 To SP 797 121 National Archives Reference FO 939/118 36 Working Camp, Hartwell Dog Track Camp, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Note: see also FO 939/298

55 Shalstone Camp Buckinghamshire SP 657 356 GWC Lt Col C P Moore Buckingham 3162 Finmere tbd 4 Rural 01Mar19 Shalstone 52° 0' 53" N Eastern Cmd MC Priswar Shalstone OS Map Aerial views a pathway of which to the left is a cleared field with scrub and some houses. Buckingham 1° 2' 38" W WE V/1453/2 To the right of the path there is what appears to be a mix of housing and possibly a small farm. The land either side of the pathway could have been the PoW Camp and or it could have been on both sides of the path. Either way I am happy that the site location is correct National Archives Reference FO 939/137 55 Working Camp, Shalstone Camp, Shalstone, Buckinghamshire 14Mar19 From Harington Aviation Museum website: PRISONER OF WAR CAMP The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Shalstone, known as Camp 55. This was a purpose- built, standard type camp constructed in 1942. Common buildings and facilities at standard type camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. Camp 55 originally held Italian prisoners and later became a work camp for German prisoners. It could have been in use up until 1948. The site is currently occupied by kennels and wartime buildings appear to survive at the site. Used by Italians, Germans and then displaced persons until 1950s. Used as a comedy film set in the 1960s with Ian Carmichael

268 Norduck Farm Buckinghamshire SP 8393 2033 GWC Lt Col S F Aston Abbotts 234 Aylesbury tbd 3 Farmland 01Mar19 Aston Abbotts 51° 52' 30" N Eastern Cmd Hedgecoe Priscamp Aylesbury OS Map Aerial views show agricultural land with what appear to be farm buildings and possibly surviving buildings or Aylesbury 0° 46' 56" W WE V/1453/2 even new buildings on the PoW Camp Hut bases at the far west side of this site.

684 Hitcham Park Buckinghamshire SU 921 826 GWCoy Group Durnham 316 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Administering 9 Hitcham Lane 51° 32' 5" N Eastern Cmd Precise location not identified. (WO) Burnham 0° 40' 24" W WE V/1270/4 NGR for approx centre of park. Also called Mitcham Park 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows Hitcham House and Park. The Map view also identifies buildings to the east of the house as Hitcham House Farm, Hill Farm to the West and Huntswood Golf Club to the north. Based on previous Map View analysis it is likely that the former PoW Camp huts where sited where Hitcham House Farm now stands or where there are a few buildings 200m North of House Farm. I have annotated the Aerial View Map Image for this camp with what I believe are the possible site locations

00 Aston Abbotts Buckinghamshire 13Mar19 National Archives Reference D-X532/12 MS booklet containing 9 stage designs and 2 other pages of illustrations, etc., for theatre in Aston Abbots [German] prisoner of war camp, made by Werner Schaefer, Christmas, 1945

Page 86 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 115 White Cross Camp Cornwall SW 889 597 GWC Lt Col A J B Faraddon 18 St Columb Road YES 3 Holiday 26Feb19 St Columb Major 50° 23' 57" N Southern Cmd Larcombo Priswar Faraddon Park OS Map Aerial views show Caravans. 4° 58' 18" W WE V/1453/2 Whilst no remains are there it may be worth a visit as it has gone from one camp type to another

257 Pennygillam Farm Camp Cornwall SX 320 836 GWC Lt Col W G Launceston 433 Launceston 3 Light 26Feb19 Launceston 50° 37' 40" N Southern Cmd Petherick Priswar Launceston Industry OS Map Aerial views show industrial estate 4° 22' 36" W WE V/1453/2

406 Scarnecross Camp Cornwall SX 3341 8346 4 Light 26Feb19 Launceston 50° 37' 37" N Industry OS Map Aerial views show industrial estate 4° 21' 24" W 26Mar19 Camp 406 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

674 Consols Mine Camp Cornwall SX 072 532 GWCoy Group Swindon 3681 Ext YES 3 Holiday 26Feb19 Administering 63 Park Tywardreath 50° 20' 49" N Southern Cmd OS Map Aerial views show buildings constant with the holiday park remarks 80(WO) Par 4° 42' 40" W WE V/1270/4

7 South Brent Camp Devon 12Mar19 Tiverton National Archives Reference FO 939/89 Devon 7 Holding Camp, South Brent Camp, Tiverton, Devon 26Mar19 Camp 7 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

20 Bickham Camp Devon SX 504 651 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Bickham Common 50° 27' 59" N Guards' compound in Bickham Park, four large and one small double wire perimeter fenced enclosures for Bickham 4° 6' 33" W tented accommodation, guarded by watch towers. Yelverton 26Feb19 OS Map Aerial views show scrubland and heath 26Mar19 Camp 20 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

42 Exhibition Field Camp Devon SS 343 047 GWC Southern Cmd Lt Col J St J Balguy Holsworthy 160/1 Holsworthy 3 Light 26Feb19 South Holsworthy 50° 49' 5" N WE V/1453/2 Priswar Holsworthy Industry OS Map Aerial views shows a clearly delineated industrial estate. 4° 21' 13" W The industrial estate has been built within the bounds an on top of the former PoW as such he location is clearly defined even though the camp has gone. National Archives Reference FO 939/124 42 Working Camp, Exhibition Road Camp, Holsworthy, Devon

76 Dymond's Farm Devon SX 986 927 GWC Southern Cmd 3 Farmland 26Feb19 276 Clyst Honiton 50° 43' 30" N WE V/1453/2 OS Map Aerial views shows a small farm but 200m to the South east there is a field with what could be faint marks of Exeter 3° 26' 16" W Huts

92 Bampton Road Camp, Devon SS 952 134 GWC Lt Col J A Tiverton 2115 Tiverton 4 School 26Feb19 Bampton Road 50° 54' 37" N Southern Cmd MacDonald Priswar Tiverton Sports OS Map Aerial views shows a school, college and hospital along with sports fields and pitches as such the site of the Tiverton 3° 29' 31" W WE V/1453/2 Field former camp is not clearly defined National Archives Reference FO 939/134 52 Working Camp, Nether Headon Camp, East Retford, Nottinghamshire and 92 Working Camp, Bampton Road Camp, Tiverton, Devon National Archives Reference FO 939/172 92 Working Camp, Bampton Road Camp, Tiverton, Devon

Page 87 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 137 Chaddlewood Camp Devon SX 55 56 GWC Lt Col E A Plympton 2371 Plympton GWR Yes 3 Urban 28Feb19 Chaddlewood House 50° 23' 9" N Southern Cmd Goodwin Priswar Plympton Google Map Aerial views shows mainly a built-up residential area. Plympton 4° 2' 27" W WE V/1453/2 Further checking shows that Chaddlewood House has survived at Post Code PL7 2HH as such I conclude that the camp that may have been within the house and or grounds may have been built over

137 Hazeldene Camp Devon SX 53 52 4 Rural 28Feb19 Elburton 50° 20' 58" N This is a two-digit coordinate code as such is not enough to identify the location of the camp. Plymstock 4° 4' 3" W However, there is an article in the local papers about the camp: https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/tiverton-museum-uncovers-secrets-behind-2007492 looking at the two-digit code and the above article it would appear that the camp may be located in the general area of Halwell 26Mar19 The FO List of PoW Camps for Feb47 identifies Camp 137 as being Chaddlewood Camp. It is therefore assumed that that this camp may be a sub-camp or hostel for Chaddlewood Camp.

137b Winsford Towers Camp Devon SS 450 011 3 Urban 26Feb19 Halwil 50° 47' 19" N Woodland OS Map Aerial views shows Winsford woodland plantation and a small housing / industrial building estate that appears Beaworthy 4° 12' 1" W to have been built on top of the former PoW Camp 26Mar19 The FO List of PoW Camps for Feb47 identifies Camp 137 as being Chaddlewood Camp. It is therefore assumed that that this camp may be a sub-camp or hostel for Chaddlewood Camp.

187 Ivybridge Camp Devon SX 642 564 4 Urban 26Feb19 404 Ivybridge 50° 23' 30" N OS Map Aerial views shows houses and school as such its location is not easily defined 3° 54' 42" W 26Mar19 Camp 187and 404 are not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that these camps closed prior to Feb47.

276 Nissen (Nisson) Creek Devon SX 963 941 GWC Lt Col D W Exeter 67416 4 Urban 26Feb19 276a Pinhoe 50° 44' 14" N Southern Cmd Hunter-Blair Priswar Pinhce OS Map Aerial views shows park / sports field next to a large housing estates Exeter 3° 28' 15" W WE V/1453/2 31Jul19 The Pegasus Archive contains a link to some photos of this site: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/pB_NissenCreek.htm

598 Country House Hotel Devon SY 1336 9004 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Sidford 50° 42' 12" N Precise location not identified Sidmouth 3° 13' 41" W NGR given for crossroads. 26Mar19 Camp 598 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

669 Cruwys Devon SS 8748 1220 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Morchard 50° 53' 53" N Precise location not identified. Tiverton 3° 36' 5" W NGR for Cruwys Morchard House. 26Mar19 The FO List of PoW Camps for Feb47 identifies Camp 669 as West Ridge Camp Greenford Middlesex. It is possible that this camp was moved at some point prior to Feb47 to London.

Page 88 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 673 Bridestow Devon SX 514 885 Yes 3 Woodland 26Feb19 Okehampton 50° 40' 37" N OS Map Aerial views shows woodland. 4° 6' 16" W However, there are shapes to the trees consistent with multiple huts. 26Mar19 The FO List of PoW Camps for Feb47 identifies Camp 673 as being Home Park Camp. It is therefore assumed that that this camp may be a sub-camp or hostel for Home Park Camp. Alternatively the cam could have moved at some point prior to Feb47 from Bridestow to Home Park Home Park.

673 Home Park Camp Devon SX 4591 5655 GWCoy Group Plymouth 60922 3 Urban 27Feb19 Administering Plymouth 50° 23' 18" N Southern Cmd OS Map Aerial views shows extensive housing estates 37(WO) 4° 10' 8" W WE V/1270/4

694 Handy Cross Camp Devon SS 4411 2587 GWCoy Group Bideford 605 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Bideford 51° 0' 39" N Southern Cmd Administering Retail Pre-existing military camp. 37(WO) 4° 13' 24" W WE V/1270/4 27Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows small industrial / retail unit and housing estates

801 Prisoner of War Camp at Devon 13Mar19 Plymouth. National Archives Reference WO 166/16300 801 Prisoner of War Camp at Plymouth. National Archives Reference WO 166/17826 801 Prisoner of War Camp at Plymouth. 26Mar19 Camp 801 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

1022 Bradninch Camp Devon SS 9987 0395 G.Wkg.Coy Group Hale 248 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Bradninch 50° 49' 35" N Southern Cmd Administering Precise location not identified. 37(WO) Exeter 3° 25' 22" W WE V/1270/4 NGR for centre of village.

10Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a village with no obvious signs of a former Pow Camp at the coordinates given However, to the East of the village there is what appear to be a farm with huts or buildings within a field and evidence as to the bases of other buildings all consistent with a former PoW Site. Saved areal map shows the suspected site.

47 Motcombe Park Camp Dorset ST 847 244 GWC Lt Col L H De C Shatesbury 366/7 Gillingham Dorser Visited 2..3 Sports 27Feb19 Woodward MC SR Field Shatesbury 51° 1' 7" N Southern Cmd Priswar Shatesbury 29Jun19 OS Map Aerial views shows sports complex and pitches there are though fain markings in the grass where huts may have been 2° 13' 10" W WE V/1453/2 National Archives Reference FO 939/129 Revisited needed 47 Working Camp, Motcombe Park Camp, Shaftesbury, Dorset 29Jun19 This former PoW Camp is now located within the grounds of an independent school called Port Regis. Formal Permission is needed to enter and photograph this site as such a simple single image of the school name sign has been taken. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 0377 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1005689504

Page 89 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 295 Cattistock Camp Dorset SY 592 996 GWC Lt Col W H Rowe Maiden Newton 323 Visited 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Cattistock 50° 47' 40" N Southern Cmd Priswar Cattistock 29Jun19 Precise location not identified Maiden Newton 2° 34' 48" W WE V/1453/2 NGR given for village. 27Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows a small housing estate 29Jun19 In lieu of not knowing the location of this camp and no real evidence I simply took a small number of photographs aground what would have been the village green of Cattistock an old English Village: • Pub • Church • Church Hall • Old School House • School Pay Ground • War Memorial • Thatched Cottage Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9752 to 9779 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p919161446

688 Park Camp Dorset SY 846 820 GWCoy Group West Lulworth 24 Visited 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Administering West Lulworth 50° 38' 14" N Southern Cmd 30Jun19 Former British Army camp within woodland. 37(WO) 2° 13' 8" W WE V/1270/4 27Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows this site in the back of the grounds of Lulworth Castle and across the road from Lulworth Camp. There is though no visible signs of a camp other than the main and active Lulworth Camp on the opposite side of the road

1021 Merley Park Camp Dorset SZ 0132 9830 G.Wkg.Coy Group Wimborne 637 Yes 4 Holiday Original English Heritage data states: Merley 50° 47' 3" N Southern Cmd Administering Park Pre-existing camp. 37(WO) Wimborne Minster 1° 58' 57" W WE V/1270/4 Bird garden and caravan site. 27Feb19 OS Map Aerial views shows a Caravan & Campsite. With an irregular pattern and Modern Huts. It is safe to assume that the site has been cleared. However – again it is an allegory PoW >> Holidaymaker Camp

Page 90 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 78 High Garrett Camp Essex TL 781 274 Visited 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Halstead Road 51° 54' 59" N 25May19 STANDARD type. Braintree 0° 35' 17" E Site occupied by a wireless mast

<< Location >> 27Feb19 << Verified >> OS Map Aerial views as per original comments a transmitter mast. The site also contains a Cemetery and there is clear evidence i.e marks in the grass where building used to be National Archives Reference FO 939/158 78 Working Camp, High Garrett Camp, Braintree, Essex National Archives Reference FO 939/304 78 Working Camp, High Garrett Camp, Braintree, Essex Note: see also FO 939/304 25May19 This is an interesting site in that whilst most of the site has gone its primary water tower has remained. The Water tower has been converted to a large family home and was close to completion when I visited this site. I talked to the owner of the tower who told me that the actual water tank had been removed but that they had replicated he sides of the tank to preserve its appearance. The owner was also able to describe the extent of the camp that was bigger than I had originally though and supplied a small number of original images and requested access to my images via the website as part of the project not just to build his new home, but also to assist in his documenting the history of this site. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7946 to 8015 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p413023869 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7980 to 8009 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p202529931

116 Mill Lane Camp Essex TL 518 156 YES 1 Light Original English Heritage data states: Mill Lane 51° 49' 6" N Industry STANDARD type. Hatfield Heath Rural 0° 12' 3" E Egg packing factory 27Feb19 OS Map Aerial views show not just a a few buildings but an intact camp and is marked as Treewood Harvesting Timber Merchants

129 Ashford Lodge Camp Essex TL 824 322 Visited 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Halstead 51° 57' 30" N 25May19 Depot with associated Nissen hut camp 0° 39' 11" E 27Feb19

<< Location >> OS Map Aerial views shows what looks like several large houses with extensive grounds. << Verified>> There are no signs of the former camp

25May19 In trying to locate this site I called at Ashford Lodge itself and asked for permission to take a number of photographs. The owners where able to tell me that the PoW Camp itself was not at the Lodge but was a few hundred meters to the south in a field and woods the camp having been cleared a few years ago. The Lodge owners pointed me to a local history web article on the camp that included a map of the site and though it I was able to identify the actual location. Web site: https://www.halsteadhistory.org.uk/pow.html Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8013 to 8075 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p467459357 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8050 to 8075 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p395275105

Page 91 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 180 Radwinter North Camp Essex TL 596 375 G.C.W Lt Col E C H Clarke Saffron Walden Visited 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: MC 2383 Radwinter Manor 52° 0' 46" N Eastern Cmd 25May19 Large complex of huts. Walden Road 0° 19' 26" E Priswar Thaxted Some cropmarks visible Radwinter << Location >> 28Feb19 << Verified>> OS Map Aerial view shows Radwinter Manor. However, there are no indications other than the manor of a PoW Camp. The coordinates given shows scrub land with a few trees and no real evidence of the former camp. However, the name of the camp is odd as it calls the site North Camp which implies there may have been another camp with a similar name National Archives Reference FO 939/311 180 Working Camp, Trumpington Camp, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire and Radwinter Camp, Saffron Walden, Essex, National Archives Reference FO 938/176 T. Driberg, MP: notes on visit to 180(G) prisoner of war camp at Radwinter. 25May19 Radwinter is a large Manor house that was post war been divided into two separate homes and two other houses have been built to its immediate West. I talked to the owners of both the smaller and larger parts of the main house and was told that the PoW Camp had been located in the grounds directly to the south of the Manor in a field known as the paddock. I took a number of images using both DSLR and Drone Cameras but could not find any traces of the former camp. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7892 to 7945 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p377751939 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7931 to 7945 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p50359157

186 Berechurch Hall Camp Essex TL 994 217 BC Lt Col R F Squibb Colchester 4275/6/7 Colchester 4 Military Original English Heritage data states: Colchester 51° 51' 29" N Eastern Cmd MC Priswar Colchester Prison Large complex of huts within a double wire perimeter fence. 0° 53' 39" E WE V/202/5 Large number of huts have been demolished and replaced by modern accommodation. 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial view shows a large housing estate – in fact the buildings look like flats. 26Mar19 FO Feb47 PoW List shows this camp details scrubbed out and replaced with a different camp name at Bury St Edmonds. However, I cannot read the handwriting. 22May19 This site is now MCTC – Colchester i.e Colchester Military Prison !

204 Colchester Essex 30Jul19 Site found on the Pegasus Archive

236 White House Essex TQ 441 963 4 Urban 28Feb19 Church Hill 51° 38' 49" N OS Map Aerial view a mix of housing and flats. The given coordinates themselves from the map view looks like a retail Loughton 0° 4' 52" E unit. 26Mar19 FO Feb47 PoW List shows this PoW Camp 236 as a Scottish one This cannot be reconciled

255 Thorpe Bay Essex 13Mar19 National Archives Reference WO 166/16299 225 Prisoner of War Camp. Moved from Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Maybole, Ayrshire; from there to Girvan; from there to Thorpe Bay, Essex. 26Mar19 Camp 255 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 92 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 266 Hutted Camp, Essex TQ 668 864 GCW Lt Col J B Laindon 3334/5 Laindon 4 Rural 28Feb19 Bentley Fam 51° 33' 6" N Eastern Cmd Constable Priswar Laindon OS Map Aerial view shows a small farm / light industrial unit with a couple of houses. Old Church Hill 0° 24' 15" E WE V/1453/2 There is no evidence of the former camp within the map view Langdon Hills Laindon National Archives Reference HLG 91/20 Langdon Hills prisoner-of-war camp: possible reservation for Corporation headquarters.

286 Purfleet Camp 286 Essex TQ 5584 7846 GCW Lt Col C W Hughes Rainham Purfleet 4 Industrial Original English Heritage data states: 286 654 No.4 Transit Camp 654 51° 29' 1" N Eastern Cmd 2911 (286) Guards' compound consisted of huts ; prisoners' compound consisted of tented accommodation within a No.1 Transit Camp 655 rectangular wire enclosure. 655 0° 14' 34" E WE V/1453/2 2726 Ext 5 (655) Beacon Hill See Camp no.654 & 655. Purfleet Priswar Purfleet 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial view shows an industrial estate in an area of extensive industrial estate. It seems fair to say that there is no evidence on map view of the camps that occupied this site National Archives Reference FO 939/320 654 Working Camp, Purfleet Camp, Tilbury, Essex 26Mar19 The FO Pow List dated Feb47 identifies Camp 654 as being Hothfield Common Camp. There is a conflict here are the FO Visitor Report 939/320 again Feb47 identifies 654 as being Purfleet, both in Kent Also there is another conflict as 654 = Camp 4 yet 655 = Camp 1 – these are the wrong way around and what happened to 2 & 3 ????

607 Hutted Camp Essex TL 4528 4291 4 Woodland Original English Heritage data states: (Cambridgeshire) Ickleton Grange 52° 3' 55" N Site situated in woodland. Ickleton 0° 7' 4" E 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial view shows as per the original comment woodland. 26Mar19 Camp 607 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

670B Shatesbury Camp Essex TM 2391 3020 GWCoy Harwich 416 Ext 12 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states:

680 Dovercourt 51° 55' 30" N London Cmd 680 Site occupied by housing. Harwich 1° 15' 18" E WE V/1270/4 See Camp no.680 28Feb19 OS Map Aerial view shows that although this camp is very close to 680. The coordinates given are for a housing estate. This is no direct evidence on the map view of the former PoW camp 26Mar19 The FO PoW Last of Feb47 gives PoW 670 as St Radigunde Camp Dover. Whilst the camp listed here is 670B and thus it could be a sub camp it is unlikely as one in in Kent and the other in Essex

740 Harwich Transit Camp Essex 30Jul19 Harwick Site identified though the Pegasus Archive

37 Sudley Castle Camp Gloucestershire SP 030 279 GWC Lt Col R F H Winchcombe 118 Winchcombe Yes 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Browne GWR Winchcombe 51° 56' 58" N Southern Cmd Priswar STANDARD type Winchcombe 1° 57' 27" W WE V/1453/2 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows the castle grounds camping site. I have previously visited this site and camped there and can state that there is no longer any evidence of the fact that the site used to ha PoW Camp. National Archives Reference FO 939/119 37 Working Camp, Sudeley Castle Camp, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire Note: see also FO 939/337

Page 93 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 61 Wynolls Hill Gloucestershire SO 588 106 GWC Lt Col R Morton Coleford 2198 Lydne Glos GWR 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: 218 Broadwell 51° 47' 33" N Southern Cmd Priswar Breadwell STANDARD type. Coleford Lane End 2° 35' 55" W WE V/1453/2 Site occupied by housing 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a modern housing estate with no signs as to the location or remains of the former PoW Camp National Archives Reference FO 939/142 61 Working Camp, Wynols Hill Camp, Broadwell, Gloucestershire National Archives Reference WO 166/14168 218 Prisoner of War Camp. Camp moved from Aldershot, Hampshire, to Kempton Park; Form there to Sunbury on Thames; from there to Coleford, Gloucestershire; from there to Rugeley, Staffordshire; from there to Didlington, Norfolk. 26Mar19 Camp 218 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

124 Ashtongate Camp Gloucestershire ST 58 71 GWC Lt Col A J Uden Bristol 64700 & Bristol 4 Urban 01Mar19 124a Bedminster Camp (Avon 51° 26' 11" N Southern Cmd 64471 OS Map Aerial view shows high density housing and industrial or retail estates. Ashton gate 2° 36' 20" W WE V/1453/2 Priswar Bristol In short, this site has gone and with only a two-digit cordite the site location remains undefined. Bristol

124 Wapley Camp Gloucestershire ST 710 793 Yes 3 Light 01Mar19 Yate (Avon) 51° 30' 42" N Industry OS Map Aerial view shows at the two-digit coordinate given by English Heritage an empty field. Bristol 2° 25' 9" W However, 250m directly north of the original coordinates there is a compound that size and shape is indicative of a former PoW Camp. Having identified the site, I have amended the location: From ST 71 79 To ST 710 793 In the saved Aerial image, I have marked new and old locations 26Mar19 FO PoW list of Feb47 gives PoW 124 as being Bedminster Camp, Ashton gate, Bristol. It is possible that the camp moved prior to Feb47 or that this camp is a sub camp of hostel.

132 Northwick Park Hospital Gloucestershire SP 168 368 YES 1 Business 01Mar19 Blockley 52° 1' 45" N Park OS Map Aerial view shows Northwich Park but not “The Hospital”. 1° 45' 23" W However, Northwick Park.org websites history section details that the US Army constructed a hospital on the adjoining site called the cinquefoil and is now the Northwick Business Centre. This business centre is 100m directly north of the main building. Having identified the site, I have amended the location: From SP 168 365 To SP 168 368 See: http://northwickpark.org/works/estate-history/ The buildings shown in the Business Centre is very similar to that of the old US Army Reserve Hospital at Nocton Hall in Lincolnshire. Given that the buildings appear intact it is high priority site to visit 26Mar19 Camp 218 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

142 Gloucester Gloucestershire 23Jul19 Site identified though the Pegasus Archive

Page 94 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 157 Bourton Camp Gloucestershire SP 160 321 BC Lt Col A F B Powell Blockley 297 Morton in Marsh tbd 3 Woodland Original English Heritage data states: Bourton-on-the-Hill 51° 59' 13" N Southern Cmd Priswar Bourton-on- GWR LARGE STANDARD. Large complex comprising six prisoner compounds. Morton in Marsh the-Hill 1° 46' 6" W WE V/202/4 Each compound enclosed by a double wire perimeter and guarded by watchtowers. (Over 1500 PW) Site presently under forestry 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a clearly defined woodland i.e. the camp was cleared, and trees planted

185 Springhill Lodge Camp Gloucestershire SP 132 357 GWC Lt Col J Hassell Broadway 252 Morton in Marsh Yes 2 Rural Original English Heritage data states: DSO MC GWR Five Mile Drive 52° 1' 10" N Southern Cmd Priswar Blockley Large complex of huts within a roughly octagonal double wire perimeter fence guarded by watchtowers Blockley 1° 48' 32" W WE V/1453/2 01Mar19 Morton in Marsh OS Map Aerial view shows a series of huts or buildings within a small woodland with a solar farm to the east of the site. The huts visible on the aerial view may be originals in which case the site is worth a visit.

232 Military Hospital Gloucestershire 30Jul19 Northwick Park Camp / Hospital identified via the Pegasus Archive Blockley

263 Leckhampton Court Camp Gloucestershire SO 9440 1948 GWC Lt Col F S S Cheltenham 52363 Cheltenham Yes 3 Rural 01Mar19 Leckhampton 51° 52' 25" N Southern Cmd Lamprey Priswar Cheltenham Urban The Wikipedia and other on-line sources identify Leckhampton Court as a Sue Ryder Hospice Cheltenham 2° 4' 57" W WE V/1453/2 OS Map Aerial view shows the main buildings as well as park land. There are no real definitive object on the map views that identity the site as a former PoW Camp, but given that the main building remains in use it is worth a visit. National Archives Reference FO 939/183 263 Working Camp, Leckhampton Camp, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

403 Brockley Camp Gloucestershire PC Flax Bourton 214 Nailsea and 13Mar19 West Town (Avon) Southern Cmd Priswar West Town Backwell GWR National Archives Reference FO 939/317 Bristol 403 Working Camp, Brockley Camp, Bristol

1009 Northway Camp Gloucestershire SO 9301 3315 GWCoy Group Cheltenham tbd 4 Industrial Original English Heritage data states: Ashchurch 51° 59' 48" N Southern Cmd Administering 37 Sub Trucks 27 Estate Camp enclosed by an irregular perimeter with watch towers. Tewkesbury 2° 6' 11" W WE V/1270/4 Ext 63 Predominantly demolished. 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows what appears to be an empty field next to a school. However, on the opposite side of the road and a couple of hundred metres north there is a facility labelled as St Barbara Barracks and Depot. Either the coordinates are correct, and the site is like that of Old Dalby and Lulworth in which there is an army barracks, storage depot and a cleared PoW site. Alternately the coordinates may be incorrect, and the barracks is the PoW site? 10Mar19 This camp is referenced with the Tewkesbury Museum Website as well as Wikipedia at the links below, but the exact location is not given: https://www.tewkesburymuseum.org/the-collection/the-archive-collection/memories-of-ashchurch/prisoners- war-camp-1009-northway-ashchurch/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_the_United_Kingdom

2a Hursley Park Camp Hampshire Bomb Disposal Camp Bomb Disposal Camp http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm

Page 95 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 30 Anglesey House Hampshire SU 847 499 Group Pioneer Cops Companies Aldershot 380 Ext Visited 1 Urban 01Mar19 Administered 614, 0400/1 Hoath End GU11 3BJ 51° 14' 31" N Southern Cmd 20Mar19 Woodland The original English Heritage gives the location of this building as a two-digit coordinate only. Aldershot 675, 676, 1000, 0° 47' 16" W 1016, 1019 However, on checking on the building I discovered that it is a Grade II Listed building with a location given as SU 847 499, and a post code of GU11 3BJ << Location >> Having identified the site, I have amended the location: << Verified>> From SU 86 50 To SU 847 499 OS Map Aerial view shows a heavily built up urban location at the original location. At the modify location the House is on its own in a wooden parkland. Given that the building is still there and listed this site should be visited Visited 20Mar19 This site consists as it does of a very large Victorian house. It is identified as being used as a holding facilitate or command unit for PoW used as Pioneers / Sappers / Military Engineers and or Bomb Disposal. Whilst there is / was room in the grounds for huts and temporary structures of which there is no trace it is possible that the prisoners if there where any held here could have been accommodated within the main building. This building is currently in use as Daisy Nursery for young children. When I arrived at this building ran the doorbell explained who I was and that I wanted to photograph the building and handed over my student ID card. The member of staff asked her bosses and I was allowed to take my photos of the building on condition that I was accompanied by the member of staff that I had been taking to, that no photos or details of any children where to be included and that they could check my images before I left. These where entirely reasonable conditions to impose and in line with what I wanted to do. I shoot my pic’s of thee building including one of a child’s wellington boots that had been left outside as a nice easy and acceptable means of showing the current usage of the site without breaching any ones privacy. Image ID’s: Photo 2019 03 2455 to 2476 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p814541910

41 Ganger Camp Hampshire SU 373 228 GWC Major E G Utley Romsey 82 Romsey 4 Urban 01Mar19 Romsey SO51 7PB 51° 0' 12" N Southern Cmd Priswar Romsey OS Map Aerial view shows at the coordinates given an empty field abutting woods and fields on one side and a housing 1° 28' 11" W WE V/1452/2 estate on the other. The map views do not show any evidence of the former PoW Camp. National Archives Reference FO 939/123 41 Working Camp, Ganger Camp, Romsey and Southampton Common Camp, Southampton, Hampshire

Page 96 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 65 Setley Plain Hampshire SZ 302 999 GWC Major E G Utley Brockenhurst 2241- Brockenhurst Visited 4 Rural 11Mar19 2 Brockenhurst SO42 7UF 50° 47' 52" N Southern Cmd 28Jun19 OS Map Aerial view shows a common with markings consistent with a former PoW Camp. 1° 34' 22" W WE V/1452/2 Priswar There is a fault with the OS Mapping tool as on entering the coordinates I was taken to a location in Oxfordshire ! Brockenhurst << Location >> Therefore I have updated the original cobordances that where a 100m out as follows: << Verified >> From SU 301 998 To SZ 302 999 National Archives Reference FO 939/146 65 Working Camp, Setley Plain Camp, Brockenhurst, Hampshire 26Jun19 This site is a classic plain and consists of heath, gorse, trees and scrubland. Initially nothing was seen to indicate that there had any military presence in this area or any building. However, the remains of a concrete pathway along with a small brick lined hole. These few remains are evidence as to the previous presence of a military type structure dating back to WWII. I used my drone to search and photograph the area and although several other irregular paths were located within the area no other indications of the presence of former structures was seen. In the absence of other information the balance of probabilities is that the site was located at the given coordinates. Given that his pathway can be readily seen on the DSLR and Drone images and no other marks in the ground or evidence of disturbance can be seen it seems fair to assume that this site was mainly composed of building that did not require foundations, As such it is assumed that the accommodation at this site was formed mainly of wooden buildings. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9678 to 9738 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p894440175 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9697 to 9735 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p959573085

101 Prisoner of War Camp at Hampshire 13Mar19 Southampton National Archives Reference WO 166/5981 MISCELLANEOUS: PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS: 1 Prisoner of War Camp at Tidworth (1939). 101 Prisoner of War Camp at Southampton (1940): moved to Liverpool, 12 July 1940. 26Mar19 There may be a misunderstanding here in that “101” may me the number of PoWs and NOT the PoW Camp Number ?

201 Prisoner of War Camp at Hampshire 13Mar19 Aldershot National Archives Reference WO 166/5982 MISCELLANEOUS: PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS: 201 Prisoner of War Camp at Aldershot Hampshire. 201 Camp transferred to Canada in July 1940: camp personnel (German and Italian prisoners of war of various services) embarked at Liverpool on MTS Ettrick, for Quebec, on 3 July 1940. Rembarked on SS Duchess of York at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 15 July 1940. 26Mar19 There may be a misunderstanding here in that “201” may be the number of PoWs and NOT the PoW Camp Number?

218 Aldershot Hampshire 13Mar19 National Archives Reference WO 166/14168 218 Prisoner of War Camp. Camp moved from Aldershot, Hampshire, to Kempton Park; Form there to Sunbury on Thames; from there to Coleford, Gloucestershire; from there to Rugeley, Staffordshire; from there to Didlington, Norfolk.

221 Lavington. Camp / Bustard Hampshire 13Mar19 Salisbury Plain National Archives Reference WO 166/16296 221 Prisoner of War Camp at Lavington. Camp moved from Lavington to Bustard, July 1944.

Page 97 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 223 Aldershot Hampshire 12Mar19 National Archives Reference WO 166/16297 223 Prisoner of War Camp at Aldershot, Hampshire. Moved to Haltwhistle, Northumberland; from there to Cumnock; from there to South Woodford

251 East Cams Camp, Hampshire SU 5985 0616 GWC Lt Col N C H Fareham 2566 Fareham 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Portchester Road PO16 8QB 50° 51' 6" N Eastern Cmd Downe Priswar Fareham Site occupied by housing. Fareham 1° 9' 4" W WE V/1453/2 The roads (The Thicket & The Spinney) observe the routes of the camp roads. 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a very large housing estate with farmlands to the north. There is no evidence of the former PoW Camp

294 Fisher's Camp Hampshire SU 683 391 GWC Major E R C Alton 3231 Alton 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Thedden Grange GU34 4AU 51° 8' 49" N Southern Cmd Warrens DSO Priswar Alton Precise location not identified Alton 1° 1' 29" W WE V/1452/2 NGR given for Theddon Grange. 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows the grange. However, there are no obvious identifiers or objects to identify the location of the actual camp buildings.

402 Camp C19 Hampshire SU 417 149 GWC Lt Col R D Lake Southampton 75873 Southampton 4 Parkland 01Mar19 DSO The Avenue SO15 7NU 50° 55' 55" N Southern Cmd Priswar Central OS Map Aerial view shows the common, specifically the coordinates are of an open space within a heavily wooded Southampton Common 1° 24' 28" W WE V/1453/2 Southampton common with no direct evidence in the map views of the location or presence as to the former PoW Camp Southampton National Archives Reference FO 939/123 41 Working Camp, Ganger Camp, Romsey and Southampton Common Camp, Southampton, Hampshire 17Mar19 The Wikipedia entry for the common states that the PoW Camp was in the North East Corner of the park and was removed in 1953. This link can be found below. However, the English Heritage Coordinates are for the North East of the main body of the common , which is divided by The Avenue and Highfield Avenue. Thus there are two other possible locations for the site as per below which are still in “The North East of the Common”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_Common Alternative location A: SU 41881 15002 Alternative Location B: SU 42066 15260 31Jul19 This PoW Camp is Identified though Pegasus Archive as being 402A – as such there may be a main and sub camp:

584 Carfax Estate Hampshire SU 8900 4888 Yes 4 Sports Original English Heritage data states: Field Tongham 51° 13' 55" N Gardens and woodland Woodland 0° 43' 36" W 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a sports field directly north of the coordinates and a woodland directly to the south. Either the sports field or woods could be the former PoW camp. Alternately the camp may have occupied both spaces. 26Mar19 Camp 584 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

614 Stoneham Camp Hampshire SU 4570 1729 GWCoy Group Chandlers Ford 2561 Yes 4 Airport Original English Heritage data states: Administering 30 Eastleigh 50° 57' 11" N Southern Cmd Precise location not identified. (WC) 1° 21' 2" W WE V/1270/3 NGR given for camp to the north eastern end of Eastleigh airport. 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows as per the comment Southampton Eastleigh Airport Given that the airport has been built up it is not possible to identify the possible location of the former PoW camp from the map images only

Page 98 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 624 Ossemsley Manor Hampshire SZ 227 969 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Ossemsley 50° 46' 16" N Precise location not identified. New Milton 1° 40' 46" W NGR given for Ossemsley Manor. 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows the manor but does not show the location of the former PoW Camp buildings if there were any separate from the main building 26Mar19 Camp 624 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 99 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 633 Haig Lines Hampshire SU 8127 5091 Visited 3 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Crookham GU52 8BG 51° 15' 5" N 20Mar19 Former barracks. 0° 50' 12" W 01Mar19

<< Location >> OS Map Aerial view shows an Allotments to the South East AND a new housing estate that is currently under << Verified >> construction and possibly on top of part of the former camp. However, the website for the allotment society states that it is built on the site of the PoW Camp, what is not stated though is whether the site was bigger or smaller than the allotments.

Visited 20Mar19 This site was perhaps the most interesting site I came across and photographed during my short trip to Hampshire to photograph several PoW camps and to take part in an organised photoshoot held at RAF Odiham where I had previously spent three years when I was in the Royal Air Force. This site has been identified as Haig Lines, thus I presume it was named for the WWI Field Marshal Douglas Haig. Given that sites are NOT normally named after living people it would put the date of the site as a military installation as after January 1922. The two websites below link show the site before it was redeveloped and what it looks like in part now: https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/queen-elizabeth-barracks-boyce-bks-haig-lines-fleet-hants-20-06-2010- part-1.51321/ https://news.ccallotments.org.uk/ In short, the site was sold for redevelopment to a house building company. In order to get planning permission for houses a part of the site had to be developed for community use and as such a part of this site has become a modern allotment site equipped with a central hut or building. The rest of the site is a housing estate. When I arrived on the site as I say in March 2019 some houses had been finished and sold, others were being finished and yet other properties were still being built. Interestingly a number of original military features have been retained, namely: • Concrete path / roadway • Concrete roadblock • 25m firing range • Air Raid Shelter. Additional items of interest on the site where a few bits of public art work in the form of wooden statues and fencing around the allotments and parts of the building site where they are still building. Evidence of the PoW Camp as such is gone but the site has been preserved/ However, what makes the place so interesting is the Allotments: • They have been fenced in - just like a PoW Camp • There is a toilet and feeding hut and offices – just like PoW Camp. • There are people working on the land to grow food – just like PoW Camp. • There are numbered regular plots – just like the PoW Camp Huts. • There are locked and guarded gates – just like a PoW Camp. • The plots contain raised beds that resemble beds and huts from a PoW Camp. • There are model “Owls” watching the site. As I say the camp is gone but it only takes a few minutes looking at the allotments and in fact the fencing on the building site to see and feel echo’ of the past of the site as a PoW Camp. Photo ID’s: Photo 2019 03 2477 to 2543 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p322357380 26Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List identifies PoW Camp 633 as Proteus Camp Nottinghamshire. This site was identified as a PoW site by English Heritage. 30Jul19 This site is identified as a USSR Working Company on the Pegasus Archive site

Page 100 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 645 Quarr House Hampshire SZ 2742 9935 Visited 2 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Sway 50° 47' 35" N 28Jun19 Precise location not identified Lymington 1° 36' 44" W NGR given for centre of Sway.

<< Location >> 01Mar19 << Verified >> Quarr House has been located at SZ 274 993 some 500m away from the original coordinates This building according to an Estate Agency Add has been converted into flats. OS Map Aerial view shows a few large buildings on the edge of a residential estate that abuts a common. The building may have been used a s PoW Hostel as such its is only the building that comprises the entire camp. Having identified the site, I have amended the location: From SZ 2757 9787 To SZ 2742 9935 26Mar19 Camp 645 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 28Jun19 This former PoW Site was used by the Canadian Military during WWII. The building has now been converted to flats and according to several residents although the site was converted for use as a PoW Camp it may never have housed any. In taking photos of the site I only took images of the main house. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9739 to 9751 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p683165453

Page 101 of 174

671 Popham Camp Hampshire SU 5229 4358 Visited 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: 672 Micheldever 51° 11' 20" N 19Mar19 Precise location not identified. Winchester 1° 15' 11" W NGR for centre of village. 01Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a very small village Popham. There is no direct evidence on the map views as to the location of the camp Visited 19Mar19 In trying to locate this former PoW Camp I initially visited an ESSO Service station on Storage yard on the A303 at Popham. This location contained a compound that was clearly a former military facility. On talking to the owners about the compound and my project I was directed a to field on the West Bound Carriage way of the A303 and Overton Road. I arrived at the field that was very large and if it had been used as a PoW Camp then the camp would have occupied only a part of the field. There was a bit of trace evidence of a former road entrance and along the A303 road boundary there was a former brick- built defence structure The people in the storage area told me that the building was once part of a larger clamp and that over the years the rest of the site had been returned to farming. Specifically, the field was at the time of my visit seeded and growing a grass / wheat crop. Given the building, local knowledge and a site visit I am 100% that the site was former military and until such time as more accurate data is presented, I am happy that this was the site of the former PoW Camp and proceeded to take photos. Visited 19Mar19 I was in of Hampshire and decided to visit this camp to locate it, in all I visited three actual sites: Caravan Storage / Park I located this place by the simple act of driving around the area looking for signs of large compounds with evidence of military features which I have to admit is common in this part of the world. I saw a gate, posts and concrete entrance to a site just off the Overton Road and investigated it. I found what I can best be described as an abandoned traveller site and took a number of photographs. Service Area and Compound I found what appeared to be a former military compound=d along the A303 as it joins the A33 and is made up of an Esso Filling station and light industrial estate. The industrial estate compound was clearly military in origin given its size, layout and its containing numbered and prefab buildings. I talked to the site owner and took some photos around the site and was advised that a field on the opposite side of te Overton Road where I had took my other photos was a more likely location. The site owner said that his father had previously described it as a “holding compound” and that there was the remains of a former military building along the edge of the field. Field off Overton Road. The field was large and had been planted with wheat or similar, so I had to keep to the field boundaries. I found the abandoned former military building at the edge of the field and took a number of photos of it including HDR and Panoramic ones of the field. Except for the remains of the military building there were no other indicators as to any military presence or a PoW Camp. It must be stated though the field had been cleared and was used for crops. As to the field boundaries in and around the remains of the building many trees had been planted in rows. Furthermore, the field abuts the A303 which at this point is a large modern duel carriage way sitting in a cutting as such a large amount of land would have been cleared to make this road. Looking at the Map View from Lightroom, Google and OS shapes can be seen in the field which imply that at one point it did contain structures. However, these marks are some what large and dispersed and as such do not show one way or another what I would expect to see of a former PoW / Military Site Conclusion I would say that the field was probably the site of the former PoW Camp, but it cannot be stated as a definite without further information. Image ID’s: Photo 2019 03 2129 to 2270 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p706436349 26Mar19 Camp 671 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

671 Lockerley Camp Hampshire 13Mar19 Page 102 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 Romsey National Archives Reference FO 939/322 671 Working Camp, Lockerley Camp, Romsey, Hampshire 26Mar19 There may be a discrepancy between the English Heritage and FO data as English Heritage give PoW Camp 671 as Popham, whereas the FO Inspection Report gives 671 as Romsey. However, the camp may have been moved at some point and or one may be a sub camp or hostel of the other. 31Jul19 PoW Camp 671 Identified though Pegasus Archive as Lockerley Camp:

671 Fargo Camp Hampshire SU 1166 4413 GWCoy Group Durrington Well 321 Visited 4 Urban 01Mar19 Administering 80 Ext 103 672 Larkhill SP4 8QE 51° 11' 46" N Southern Cmd 30Jun19 Military OS Map Aerial view shows the Larkhill Army camp on Salisbury Plain. Salisbury (WC) 1° 50' 4" W WE V/1456/2 Specifically, the coordinates are for what is easily identifiable as an ammunition storage facility aka “Bomb Dump”. Revisit Thus, this is NOT occupied by “Housing” at least not unless you want your next-door neighbour to make the earth move needed for you!!! Without better information it is not possible to pinpoint the location of the former PoW Camp. With Larkhill being an active military location access will be difficult 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for this project. 30Jun19 In attempting to find or rather to conform the location of this site I engaged in an Telephone and Email exchange following on from my original letter. English Heritage place the PoW cap as within an area of the Larkhill Camp called Fargo that is now the primary ammunition dump for the Royal Artillery Larkhill Base. This site is next to a public road and within the terms of this project the site can be photographed from the public road without having to formally enter a military camp and this is what I did on Sunday the 30th of June 2019. However, on returning home on the 1st of July I found an email waiting for me from staff at Larkhill that I had been communicating with. They said that ye Ammo Dump at that that site pre-dated WWII thus it could not realistically be the PoW Camp. Rather they had identified the site halfway between the Fargo Amo Dump and the Larkhill base. On looking at the email and site images from Google I must agree as to the up-dated location of the site as being at Durrington Down Plantation Location Updated: From: SU 107 444 To: SU 1166 4413 This mean that the photo taken are 150m too far to the west of the actual site. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 0397 to 0406 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p259576567

675 Hiltingury Road Hampshire SU 4289 1887 Yes 4 Industrial 01Mar19 Chandler's Ford 50° 58' 3" N OS Map Aerial view shows a large supermarket at this location. Eastleigh 1° 23' 26" W In and around the supermarket and a major road way there is a large modern housing estate. It is safe to say that the former PoW site has gone. However, this project is about photographing the locations of former PoW Camps as they are now as such this makes a good site to visit 26Mar19 There is a discrepancy between the English Heritage data in that it lists PoW Camp 675 twice. Once for Hiltingury Road Chandler's Ford Once for Old Dean Common Camberley The Feb47 FO List of PoW Camps also list 675 as being in Camberley. Therefore, it is assumed that the camp at some point prior to Feb47 moved to Camberley, OR Chandler's Ford is a sub- camp or hostel.

Page 103 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 676 Puckridge Camp Hampshire SU 8527 5289 GWCoy Group Aldershot 380 Ext Visited 4 Woodland Original English Heritage data states: Administering 30 0347 599 Fleet Road GU11 3WF 51° 16' 7" N Southern Cmd 20Mar19 Military Precise location not identified. (WC) Aldershot 0° 46' 45" W WE V/1270/4 NGR for centre of Puckridge Hill. The site is occupied by magazine complex. 01Mar19 The coordinates given are NOT for Aldershot !!!! Fleet Road runs across the common between Aldershot and Farnborough and there is no directly observable place along the road that can be identified as the former PoW camp just from the OS and Google Aerial maps. I have amended the location as below even though still do not know the exact location From SU 8491 1527 To SU 8415 5286 Rather than pinpoint the camp on the Mapp View I have simply marked the road from start to finish Visited 20Mar19 Like a number of other sites the English Heritage data does not give an exact location of the former PoW Site, in fact nor does the data I have had access to this far via the National Archives. In some parts of the country it is possible to try and locate former sites including airbases and army sites via the use of the Satellite View of the various on-line mapping tools. It is simply NOT possible to do that in this area as this site is within the Aldershot Military area and Fleet Road which I know well from when I used to live in the area passes past the end of the runways at Farnborough and large parts of the area are still in use by the army as either woodlands and heath to which the public can also access to closed military camps. I took a number of photographs along he length of this road or the road, of Farnborough and into a couple of the military bases. I was stopped and questioned twice; once by a Army Corporal and once by the MoD Police. I am ex—Forces and am fully aware of the rules, and what is permitted, I pointed this out and said that I I was taking the photos from public land and the roads etc which is legal providing that it is I did not go into to or over the fences into the closed military areas which I did not. In driving along the road and taking photos I did not find any direct evidence as to the location of the former PoW Site. However, I did find an old WWII Air raid Shelter that had been filled with concert fence posts as well as a pillbox. What I did find though was Puckridge Barracks. This site according to the sign I photographed is part of the MoD locally employed Army Guard Unit and Dog Section. Given that the PoW Camp was called Puckridge Barracks I am happy that the small Barracks I found is the location of the former PoW camp and have updated the location information. Image ID’s: Photo 2019 03 2272 to 2393 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p267404191 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for this project. I have yet to get a reply 31Jul19 The Pegasus Archive suite identifies a PoW Camp 599 as at Puckridge. There are no other instances of Camp 599 so it has been added to this camps IT>

Page 104 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 693A Whitchurch Camp Hampshire SU 4641 4872 Visited 3..4 Residential Original English Heritage data states: Newbury Road RG28 7EP 51° 14' 8" N 19Mar19 PoW hostel. Whitchurch 1° 20' 11" W Site within modern housing, possibility of some remaining features. 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a hosing and or shops and light industry 26Mar19 The Fen47 FO Pow List gives Camp 693 as Darnall’s Farm Didcot. The English Heritage data states that this was a hostel and the camp number for Whitchurch Camp is 693A thus it is assumed to be a hostel / sub camp administered by Camp 693 as Darnall’s Farm Visited 19Mar19 Being in the general area of this site I decided to see if I could locate it. The site location was given by English Heritage as Newbury Road. I have via on-line research been unable to make a positive identification as to the location of this site which is described as a Hostel and has the letter A added to the Camp ID. I simply drove up and down Newbury Road which turned up to be on a steep hill. For most of the length of the road it is in effect a “Cutting” with trees and hedges above the level of the road and fairly modern buildings behind them. As you go down the hill towards the village there are a few accessible houses and buildings on the right-hand side of the road. There was nothing that screamed out as having any connection with this project in terms of the buildings at the bottom of the hill but they cannot be ruled out. Simply put more information is needed in order to locate this Hostel or Subcamp… Except that is for a single pill box defensive structure. A spotted an old brick-built pill ox on the side / coner of Newbury Road and Kings Walk. It turned out that this pill-box and military / government fencing sitting above the road level is actually in some ones garden of a modern house. I called at the house to ask about the pill box and to gain better access to photograph it. However, no one was home Thus my photos of this protentional linked item are limited to what can be viewed from the road and trees close by. Image ID’s: Photo 2019 03 2121 to 2128 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p514556210

1000 Oakhanger Camp Hampshire SU 789 356 GWCoy Bordon 48 Ext 98 Yes 4 Military Original English Heritage data states: Bordon GU35 9JE 51° 6' 51" N Southern Cmd Active Precise location not identified. Military 0° 52' 27" W WE V/1270/4 Access NGR given for Prince Phillip Barracks. Permission Group Needed 02Mar19 Administering 30 Bordon is home to several army sites. (WC) However, in addition to the army facilities there is a RAF Satellite Ground Control Station as RAF Oakhanger which I marked on the OS Aerial Map to the West of the Army Camps. Although the RAF Oakhanger Technical site is to the west of the main army camp its Accommodation site is to the East and on the opposite side of Camp Road to the army bases. The reason I know this is not through any research – I lived at the RAF Oakhanger Accommodation site in 1985 for several month. At the time I was in the RAF and was stationed at RAF Odiham but as they did not have enough Junior Ranks Accommodation, I lived at Oakhanger for several months. 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for thos project. I have had a tentative acknowledgement of receipt

Page 105 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 1006 Willems Barracks Hampshire SU 8571 5098 Visited 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: (West Cavalry Barracks) GU11 1SQ 51° 15' 5" N 20Mar19 Precise location not identified.

Aldershot 0° 46' 23" W NGR for centre of Willems Avenue. Tesco store and housing. 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows the supermarket. What cannot be seen though is the old brick and stonework entrance to the Barracks that is between the Wellington Roundabout and the Brewers Fayre, Tesco’s and Premier Inn. So although this site has been built over and there is no longer and trace of the former PoW Camp I actually know this site from my time in the Royal Air Force when stationed at RAF Odiham. In addition, I also spent 18 months working for BAE at Farnborough which is close to this site Visited 20Mar19 This site contained a large military Cavalry Barracks a park of which was used as a PoW Camp. The camp may have occupied he entire site, but this is unlikely. Post WWII a modern military housing unit was built on this site. This housing and other military facilities was sold off many years ago and the site cleared. In clearing and redeveloping the site a Premier Inn Hotel and Pub restraint was built at one end of the site along wit a supper store with many other buildings being elected on this site it is not possible to accurately locate or discover the remains the former PoW Camp. What I have done though is to photograph the preserved former Barracks Entrance along with the Premier Inn Hotel and Pub Restraint located adjacent to the Wellington Roundabout on the A325. Looking at the site and the entrance to the Premier Inn from the preserved Barracks Entrance is a tower with a gateway that is meant to in its design echo back to the site’s military history. However, it looks darker and more sinister in that it resembles the entrance to some of the concentration camps. Image ID’s: Photo 2019 03 2395 to 2422 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p499898487 26Mar19 Camp 1006 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

1019 Beaumont Barracks Hampshire SU 8534 5064 G Wkg Coy Group Aldershot 380 Ext Visited 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Administering 30 0321 (South Cavalry Barracks) GU11 1YH 51° 14' 54" N Southern Cmd 20Mar19 Demolished 1975 for housing. Aldershot (WC) 0° 46' 43" W WE V/1270/4 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows as per the original comment housing. This site adjoins that of PoW Camp West Cavalry Barracks which is directly to the north and is separated by a road. Visited 20Mar19 This site is directly adjacent to former PoW Camp 1006 Willems Barracks and is just off the Wellington Roundabout on the A335 in Aldershot. This site echoes that of 1006 and contains a preserved entrance to the former barracks. In addition the gate house has been preserved as a school. There is a surrounding wall and large building within this site that have escaped the developers. Unlike 1006 where commercial properties have been built this former barracks and PoW site now contains a housing estate along with schools. Image ID’s: 2019 03 2423 to 2453 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p374209900

27 Ledbury Camp Herefordshire SO 700 371 GWC Lt Col V H Jones Ledbury 153 Ledbury (GWR) 4 School 02Mar19 Ledbury 52° 1' 53" N Western Cmd OBE Priswar Ledbury OS Map Aerial view shows the site as being occupied by John Mansefield school. However, the coordinates are for the 2° 26' 19" W very edge of the site and adjoin a roundabout. National Archines Reference FO 939/111 27 Working Camp, Ledbury Camp, Ledbury, Hereford

Page 106 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 29 Royston Heath Camp Hertfordshire TL 3472 4053 GWC Lt Col A C Royston 2301 Royston LNER Visited 4 Residential 02Mar19 Foreman Royston 52° 2' 48" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Royston 24May19 OS Map Aerial view shows a densely packed housing estate. 0° 2' 13" W W.E V/1453/2 There is no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp at the coordinates given.

<< Location >> National Achieves Reference FO 939/113 << Verified >> 29 Working Camp, Royston Heath Camp, Royston, Hertfordshire Note: see also FO 939/297 National Achieves Reference FO 939/297 29 Working Camp, Royston Heath Camp, Royston, Hertfordshire 24May19 I drove to the location given by English Heritage, namely Morton Street in Royston. It was obvious on my arrival that this was NOT the location of a former PoW camp as the houses where small Victorian town houses. In other words they where too old and too small. In looking and driving around the area it became evident that the former PoW Camp would not be located nearby. I did some basic on-line investigation and when onto Royston Golf Club that is on Therfield Heath on the outskirts of the town. In taking to the members of the Gol Club I was directed to The Heath Sports Club buildings on another part of the heath. On arriving there I discovered an information board on the side of the building that stated the PoW Camp was located just to the West of the Sports Centre Buildings. Directly to the West of the buildings was the car park, football pitch then wild heathland. Whilst the location is not definitive, I am happy to say that I have found the general location of PoW Camp 29 within a couple of hundred meters. Location updated: From: TL 358 415 To: TL 3472 4053 I took a few photos of the original location given by English Heritage and then of the Golf Club all in my effort to try and locate the site. My images where then taken in and around the sports centre, pitch’s, tennis courts, golf course and the heath using my DSL and Drone Cameras. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7682 to 7749 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p278727156 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 7720 to 7749 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p508601461

33 Dancers Hill Hertfordshire TQ 236 994 Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: 122g South Mimms 51° 40' 47" N Guards' compound comprised of hutting, the prisoners' compound was chiefly tented and enclosed by a double 0° 12' 49" W wire perimeter. A further small prisoners' compound was situated to the southwest and contained only five tents but was guarded by two watch towers. 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a small field surrounded by a hedge to the right of the given coordinates. To the left of the given coordinates there appears to be a couple of houses with parkland or large garden or field. Whilst there is no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp at the coordinates given it is a delineated area thus, I am scoring it at 3 25Mar19 The 1947 FO list of PoW Camps does not include this camp therefore it is assumed that this camp closed prior to February 1947. 31Jul19 Camp 122G Identified though Pegasus Archive as / at Dancer’s Hill: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm

95 Batford Camp Hertfordshire TL 148 153 GWC Lt Col E Stoddart Harpenden 3855 Harpenden 3 Residential 02Mar19 Harpenden 51° 49' 28" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Harpenden OS Map Aerial view shows a housing estate and allotments. 0° 20' 8" W W.E V/1435/2 There is no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp at the coordinates given. However, based on previous sites it is probable that the allotments are the PoW site. National Achieves Reference FO 939/175 95 Working Camp, Batford Camp, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Page 107 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 128 Meesden Hertfordshire TL 43 32 German Working 4 Rural 02Mar19 Buntingford 51° 58' 5" N Camp Only a two-digit coordinate is given for this site. 0° 4' 48" E No description is given for this site by the original English Heritage data OS Map Aerial view shows empty fields and a few houses with no indications of the former PoW Cam 25Mar19 The 1947 FO list of PoW Camp does not include this camp therefore it is assumed that this camp closed prior to February 1947.

235 Gorhambury Park Hertfordshire TL 110 076 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Hemel Hempstead 51° 45' 21" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre park. English heritage site. 0° 23' 35" W 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows the park and main building there is no direct evidence as to where any additional buildings such as huts where sited. However, it is possible that the PoWs were housed just in the main house in which case the site is full identified and intact. 25Mar19 The FO List of PoW Camps identify 235 as The Arches. It is possible that given this unit’s location in Hemel Hempstead that it is in fact a subcamp of The Arches main camp

235 The Arches Hertfordshire TL 040 050 GWC Lt Col R M Millar Boxmoor 785 & 996 4 Original English Heritage data states: Felden 51° 44' 2" N Eastern Cmd MC Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre park. English heritage site. Hemel Hempstead 0° 29' 43" W W.E. V/1453/2 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a mixture of housing and farmland. There is no obvious evidence of a former PoW Camp

411 The Wynches Camp Hertfordshire TL 420 177 GWC Lt Col G H B Beer Much Hadham 44 Much Hadham Parkland 02Mar19 Much Hadham 51° 50' 23" N Southern Cmd Priswar Much OS Map Aerial view shows wooded parkland and fields with no obvious signs of a former PoW Camp 0° 3' 35" E W.E. V/1453/2 Hadham

686 German Prisoner Working Herefordshire SO 5018 4601 GWCoy Hereford 2576 4 Residential 02Mar19 Company (GPW Coy.) 52° 6' 36" N Western Cmd Ext 25 or 35 Farming OS Map Aerial view shows a cleared small field with possibly two barn type buildings. Moreton-on-Lugg 2° 43' 44" W W.E. V/1270/4 There is no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp at the coordinates given.

33 St Martin's Plain Kent TR 18 36 GPC Companies Sandgate 78187 Ext Yes 1 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: 670A Shorncliffe Camp 51° 4' 54" N Eastern Cmd Administered 654, 68 Woodland Large pre-existing military camp. Folkestone 670, 1002, 1017 1° 6' 39" E See Camp no.670a. 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a clearly defined site called Dibgate Camp with a few buildings and bases to the north of the 2-digit coordinates. And larger site called St Martins Plain is to be found to the North East. Finally, Risborough Barracks and Shorncliffe Camp can be found to the east of the coordinates These features have been marked on the saved map view. 26Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW list identifies Camp 670 as St Radigunde Dover. It is logical to assume the 670A at Shorncliffe is a subcamp or hostel from Dover. 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for this project. The MoD have replied to the letter saying that the area that the camp was in is no longer MoD land

Page 108 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 40 Somerhill Camp Kent TQ 666 530 GWC Lt Col R G Ord Tonbridge 170 Tonbridge 4 Parkland 02Mar19 Somerhill 51° 15' 6" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Tonbridge OS Map Aerial view shows Mereworth Castle which is several miles away from Somerhill. Tonbridge 0° 23' 9" E W.E. V/1453/2 So, it looks like the English Heritage Coordinates are wrong. Somerhill Park and house is located at TQ 608 451 as such I have changed the coordinates From TQ 666 530 To TQ 608 451 Finally, there is nothing at either the original or new coordinates to indicate the presence of huts or buildings associated with former PoW Camps. However, it is possible that the PoW’s where accommodated in the main building as such there would be no additional buildings National Archives Reference FO 939/122 40 Working Camp, Somerhill Camp, Tonbridge, Kent

86 Stanhope Camp Kent TR 000 408 GWC Lt Col P H Drake- Ashford 410 Ashford 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: 866 Stanhope 51° 7' 53" N Eastern Cmd Brockman Priswar Ashford STANDARD type. Ashford 0° 51' 25" E W.E. V/1453/2 Site occupied by housing 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a high-density housing estate with no evidence as to the location of the former PoW Camp. Note On the saved copy of the map view – it is to some extent mismatched owing to the way OS have joined overlapping original mapping images National Archives Reference FO 939/305 86 Working Camp, Stanhope Camp, Ashford, Kent 26Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List has this camp name and details in pen over the typed data as: Hengherst House Woodchurch Ashford Kent 30Jul19 Note: the Pegasus Archive identifies the site as 886

86 Woodchurch Kent TQ 95 34 GWC Lt Col P H Drake- Woodchurch Ashford Yes 3 Water Original English Heritage data states: Ashford 51° 4' 19" N Eastern Cmd Brockman 59 and 84 Treatment See Camp no.282 Rural 0° 46' 55" E W.E. V/1453/2 Priswar 02Mar19 Woodchurch OS Map Aerial view for this two-digit coordinate location is for an empty and clearly delineated field of the correct size for a PoW Camp. In addition, to the image left of the coordinates there is a water treatment site National Archives Reference FO 939/166 86 Working Camp, Woodchurch Camp, Ashford, Kent 26Mar19 The Feb47 FO Pow List gives Stanhope as crossed out AND replaced by Woodchurch for PoW Camp 86

117 Walderslade Camp Kent TQ 757 643 GWC Lt Col P Goldsmith Bluebell Hill 324-5 Yes 4 Urban 02Mar19 King George Street 51° 21' 2" N Eastern Cmd MBE MC Priswar Chatham OS Map Aerial view shows a housing estate with a sports centre and pitches. Chatham 0° 31' 18" E W.E. V/1453/2 Whilst there is NO evidence as to the former PoW Camp on the map views if the houses are pre WWII and or simply on the way land in bought and sold and the size of the sports facilities it is probable that the PoW Camp was located where the sports centre now is. Note: This site is very close to Rochester Airport. I previously worked here when the site was controlled and owned by GEC Marconi whilst I was working on the Mr4 Nimrod. Also I visited the site whilst I was in the RAF when I worked on the MR2 Nimrod

Page 109 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 154 Ministry of Works Camp Kent TQ 605 739 GWC Lt Col P H W Gravesend 4797 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Russell OBE Swanscombe Street 51° 26' 28" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Greenhithe Site occupied by housing Swanscombe 0° 18' 28" E W.E. V/1453/2 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial shows a housing estate. I am assuming here that here was a MoW compound with hostel type accommodation that was used as PoW Camp. Well it appears that the camp, compound or buildings have been replaced with housing and or Ebbsfleet or Manor Schools

267 Mereworth Castle Kent TQ 669 532 4 Parkland 02Mar19 Mereworth 51° 15' 12" N OS Map Aerial view shows the castle and grounds. Waterinbury 0° 23' 24" E However, there are direct signs or indications of buildings or compound that define a PoW Camp. Having said the above it is possible that the PoWs where accommodated in the castle as such no buildings would be needed. 26Mar19 Camp 233 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

282 Brissenden Green Camp Kent TQ 941 393 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Brissenden 51° 7' 12" N Precise location not identified Ashchurch 0° 46' 19" E NGR given for village. 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a number of possible locations none of which are definitive. However, Harlakenden Farm is made up of Nissen Huts and Prefab buildings. There are a couple of other places as well that are may be’s and have been marked on the saved OS Map View 26Mar19 Camp 282 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

282 Honghorst House Kent TQ 9505 3650 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Alt spelling: Hengherst 51° 5' 40" N Precise location not identified, Woodchurch 0° 47' 2" E NGR given for Hengherst. Ashford 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows for the coordinates given a small group of buildings. There is nothing in the local or surrounding areas that are indictive of a typical PoW Camp. However, there was an RAF base close by as RAF Woodchurch. There is a possible location at Highlands Farm that is identified as a Rare Breeds Centre owing to the presence of Nissen huts. However, at the end of WWII when the military sites and equipment was sold off a large number of Nissen Nuts where purchased by framers and put up on their own land. Thus it could be the case that the huts are from the PoW Camp or the RAF airfield but where moved to their current location after the camps closed. 26Mar19 Camp 282 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

412 Working Camp Kent GWC Major S H Cooles Dover 185 Ext 259 Dover 12Mar19 Langdon Barracks Camp Eastern Cmd Priswar Dover National Achieves Refence FO 939/185 Dover W.E. V/1452/2 412 Working Camp, Langdon Barracks Camp, Dover, Kent

Page 110 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 629 Mabledon Park Kent TQ 5948 4522 4 School Original English Heritage data states: Tonbridge 51° 11' 2" N LARGE STANDARD. 0° 16' 49" E Site occupied by a school. 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view for the coordinates given show as per the comment a school 26Mar19 Camp 629 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

654 Hothfield Common Camp Kent GWCoy Group Ashford 467 Nr Ashford Eastern Cmd Administering 33 (WO) WE V1270/4

654A Bridging Camp Kent TQ 7123 6527 Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Wouldham 51° 21' 38" N Footprint extant. Rochester 0° 27' 28" E 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view shows a defined and delineated field. The fields show markings in the ground consistent with the base of huts and a PoW Camp 26Mar19 The FO Mar47 list of PoW Camps lists 654 as Hothfield Common Camp Kent. With his site being identified as 654A and also being in Kent it is probable that this camp is in fact a sub-camp or hostel for 654 Hothfield Common Camp Kent.

670 St Radigrund's Camp Kent TR 275 419 GWCoy Group Dover 816 4 Farmland Original English Heritage data states: Administering 33 Dover 51° 7' 52" N Eastern Cmd Unresolved four possible sites. (WO) 1° 15' 0" E WE V1270/4 02Mar19 Kent On-line and other sources identify that this former PoW was located within the grounds of St Radigrund’s Abbey: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/prisoners-of-war-held-in-kent-190863/ The Abbey remains are now a farm that is easily located on the OS Map Aerial Views Coordinates for the site are thus defined as TR 275 419 Although it was easy enough to locate the farm, examination of the Map View data does not show any evidence of the PoW Camp

730 Dover Kent 30Jul19 Site identified on the Pegasus Archive

1002 Hothfield Common Camp Kent 30Jul19 Ashford Site identified on the Pegasus Archive

Page 111 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 9 Kempton Park Camp London TQ 1136 7004 Visited 3 Horse 13Mar19 Racetrack 218 Sunbury on Thames TW16 5AQ 51° 25' 6" N 29Jun19 National Archive Reference FO 939/98 681 0° 23' 59" W 9 Base Camp, Quorn Camp, Leicestershire and 9 Reception Camp, Kempton Park Camp, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex National Archive Reference WO 166/14168 218 Prisoner of War Camp. Camp moved from Aldershot, Hampshire, to Kempton Park; Form there to Sunbury on Thames; from there to Coleford, Gloucestershire; from there to Rugeley, Staffordshire; from there to Didlington, Norfolk. National Archives Reference FO 939/323 681 Working Camp, Kempton Park Camp, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex 26Mar19 Camp 681 is included within the Feb47 FO Pow List as Osterley Park Camp 29Jun19 Kempton Park Racecourse is associated with three former PoW Camp Numbers 9, 218 and 681. It is not known if these were the same, adjacent or separated camps. On enquiring at the Racetracks admin office I was directed to several derelict and semi derelict buildings used on Market inc an Antiques Market. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9649 to 9677 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p956234554

9 Bomb Disposal Camp London 12Mar19 Richmond Park Camp National Archives Reference FO 939/94 East Sheen 9 Bomb Disposal Camp, Richmond Park Camp, East Sheen, London SW14 London SW14 26Mar19 It looks like this site may have moved to 8 Rothesay Gardens

17 22 Hyde Park Gardens London TQ 270 809 Group Pioneer Cops Companies Paddington Visited 1 Urban 02Mar19 Administered 669, 1871/2/3 London, W2 W2 2LU 51° 30' 45" N London Cmd 28Jun19 OS Aerial view shows buildings next to Hyde Park. 681, 1003, 1020, 0° 10' 16" W 1026 28Jun19 22 Hyde Park Gardens is in central London with a number or its neighbouring buildings being used as Embassies. This building and surrounding area is I would say relatively unaltered since WWII. Given the size and location of this building and the information from research it appears that this building was used for Admin and perhaps the temporary holding of high value / ranked PoWs. The building as it exists today has been divided into a number of flats and offices as evident by the brash plaque and multiple doorbells on the entry control system. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9627 to 9628 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p998249417

Page 112 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 30 Carpenters Road Camp London TQ 38 84 GWC Lt Col R H Haswell Amhurst 6161/2 Stratford Visited 4 Sports 02Mar19 MM Priswar Stratford Stadium Stratford E20 2ST 51° 32' 16" N London Cmd 27Jun19 OS Aerial view shows London Stadium and surrounding buildings. London London E15 0° 0' 41" W W.E. V/1453/2 The site has gone. National Archives Reference FO 939/114 30 Working Camp, Carpenters Road Camp, Stratford, London El5 27Jun19 Carpenters road in East London is now essentially an access road in East London for the Olympics Park and sports stadiums built for the London Olympics and is now known as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The location supplied by English Heritage as the site of the former PoW Camp is at the base of the Orbit Tower and close to the main stadium. On the day I visited the site the local roads were closed off owing to an event due to start latter in the day at the stadium as well as a lorry shedding its load on the approach road. The images shot of the site in and around the site show the Tower, Stadium and above all the barriers and fences being erected for entry control and searching people as they enter the stadium. I had planned to use my Drone to take images in and around this site, but the stadium is within a declared No Flight Zone. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9414 to 9434 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p614614555

32 Wormwood Scrubbs London TQ 22 81 GWC Lt Col R E M Shepherds Bush Wood Lane Yes 1 Prison 02Mar19 (Central) Scrubbs Lane Camp W12 0AN 51° 30' 53" N London Cmd Cherry MC 3753 & 2655 OS Aerial view shows the prison. Shepherds Bush Prislab Chisk London Willesden Junc 0° 14' 35" W W.E. V/1453/ National Archives Reference FO 939/116 London W12 LMS 32 Working Camp, Scrubs Lane Camp, Shepherds Bush, London W12

32 Working Camp London 13Mar19 Brondesbury Hostel Camp National Archives Reference: FO 939/309 Kilburn 32 Working Camp, Brondesbury Hostel Camp, Kilburn

125 Newlands House London TQ 281 723 GCW Lt Col A M G Balham 1051 Ext 2 Balham SR 3 Urban 03Mar19 Evans & 3 Tooting Bec Road SW17 8BA 51° 26' 6" N London Cmd I did a bit of research on this one and it is NOT the “Normal” type of PoW Camp, but I guess that can be said for all of the London SW17 0° 9' 30" W WE V/1453/2 Priswar Toot London ones in central London. Newlands House prior to it being used for PoWs was a Lunatic Asylum. It is more than highly probable that this place continued in in the treatment of mental and physiological problems but of PoWs. OS Aerial view shows a built-up area adjacent to London City Airport at the coordinates given, BUT that is nowhere near Tooting Bec Road. Coordinates changed to the top of Tooting Bec Road which is where Google puts Newlands house. From: TQ 43 81 To: TQ 281 72

Page 113 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 183 Beckton Marshes Camp London TQ 439 809 Visited 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: East Ham 51° 30' 31" N 27Jun19 Precise location not identified, London E6 0° 4' 19" E NGR given for marshes 03Mar19 OS Aerial view shows Buildings close to London City Airport 26Mar19 Camp 629 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 27Jun19 The exact location for this former Camp is not known. The general area has been lost to post war development that included the building of London City Airport as well as many industrial and a few residential units. My images have been taken in and around the general area of the coordinates given and a revisit will be needed on the identification of the actual site. My images look at three sites along Armada Way: The site of a former warehouse in which just the base and fence survive – an analogue of a PoW Camp BDM Logistics locate at the coordinates given by English Heritage The “Installation” of a PreFab House behind a fence - an analogue of a PoW Camp Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9435 to 9482 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p612134176

193 Hampton Park London TQ 167 685 Parkland 03Mar19 London 51° 24' 12" N With no data on this camp at this time other than the name and number I have set the coordinates to those of Hampton 0° 19' 25" W Court Park. OS Aerial view shows the park 26Mar19 Camp 629 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

233 Summer House London TQ 407 691 Visited 4 Civic Original English Heritage data states: Centre Ravensbourne 51° 24' 12" N 27Jun19 Site currently a college Bromley 0° 1' 16" E 02Mar19 OS Map Aerial shows as per the English Heritage comment that the coordinates point to Bromley and Sheppard’s College. There is some sort of park and trees around the college as well as more buildings. Given its location I have marked it as a 3 as it is not possible to tell if the college is the PoW camp or the camp was located in a building called Summer House that has remove to make way for the college 26Mar19 Camp 233 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 27Jun19 The site of the former Summer House PoW Camp is now occupied by Bromley Civic Centre which was open by Her Majesty the Queen in 1986. A modern multi-storey car park is to be found on the North West of the Site with a former Bishops Palace to the South East. Photos of all three of these buildings as well as the site entrance on Rochester Avenue were taken. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9611 to 9626 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1066212403

Page 114 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 237 Co-Ed-Bel Camp London TQ 430 699 GWC Major F W Lynch Imperial 1697 Chislehurst SR Visited 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: MC Lubbock Road 51° 24' 36" N London Cmd Priswar Chislehurst 27Jun19 Precise location not identified. Chislehurst 0° 3' 17" E W.E. V/1452/2 NGR given for centre of Lubbock Road

02Mar19 OS Map Aerial view of this part of Chislehurst shows a housing estate. Without more data it is not possible to locate the camp 27Jun19 On visiting the site and coordinate given by English Heritage it became evident that the housing within the area was of different ages with a new development located between Lubbock Road and Lower Camden Road. I took a series of photographs within the general area of Porrington Close this been close to the location given by EH and of new build. These images were supplemented by several Drone images showing the area Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9574 to 9610 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p832172734 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9590 to 9610 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p551828935

1020 Shooter's Hill London TQ 4442 7643 G W Cog Group Woolwich 1467 Visited 4 Farm and 03Mar19 Administering 17 Golf Woodlands Farm DA16 3NB 51° 28' 6" N London Cmd 27Jun19 OS Aerial view shows as per the English Heritage original information this area is park land. Course Woolwich 0° 4' 40" E WE V/1270/4 However, this area is a typical of a PoW camp and are not only ground marking on the areal view but there appear to be London several larger hut type buildings and possibly two Nissen huts << Location >> << Verified >> National Archives Reference FO 939/191 1020 Working Camp, Shooters Hill Camp, Woolwich, London, SE18 27Jun19 The site of the former camp now straddles that of Woodlands farm and Shooters Hill Golf Club and is / was close to the A207 Shooters Hill Road. It is highly probable that the PoWs were employed on the farm. The farm as it is existing now may almost be considered a city or community farm in that it is small, has an Allotment type area and has substantial educational facilities with a party of school children visiting the farm at the same time as myself. It is worth noting that this camp may have been used as one of the educational and repatriation centres. Its existence on the FO list and high number lends weight to this theory. During my visit I concentrated in taking photographs of the farm with my DSLR Camera as part of the golf course occupied by the camp has relatively little of interest. However, I took several images using my drone that covered both the farm and the part of the golf course that formed the camp. NOTE: A further restriction applied to the Drone in that the area just outside that of the former camp lies within a no flight zone. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9484 to 9573 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p996453803 Image ID: 2019 06 9505 to 9563 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p758283505

10 Cockfosters Camp Middlesex tbd Original English Heritage data states: Barnet May be the same camp as at Trent Park London 26Mar19 Camp 10 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 115 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 11a Trent Park Camp Middlesex TQ 290 973 4 College Original English Heritage data states: Trent Park EN4 0PT 51° 39' 34" N Large house enclosed by a double wire perimeter, pillboxes and watch towers Barnet 0° 8' 11" W 03Mar19 OS Aerial view shows a number a building’s within Trent Park. On cross checking the buildings are Trent Park Campus of the University of Middlesex. There is no direct evidence on the aerial views of the former PoW Camp 26Mar19 Camp 11a is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

122 Rayner's Lane Camp Middlesex TQ 13 87 GWC Lt Col G F Tillman Byron 4471 Harrow Yes 3 Urban 03Mar19 Harrow-on-the-Hill HA2 9EB 51° 34' 14" N London Cmd Priswar Harrow Wealdstone LMS OS Aerial view shows a heavy built up area with a lot of housing, major road (Rayner’s Lane) and an Allotment Site. 0° 22' 15" W WE V/1453/2 Northolt GWR Over the years a number of former PoW Camps have become allotment plots and the buildings shown in the aerial views Rayner's Lane have chimneys as such they may be pre-war. Met & Picc Lines Given this it is highly probable that the allotments are the PoW Camp(s). I say Camps as there are possible sites each side of the road and the original English Heritage Data contains name and number duplications for this camp. 26Mar19 This camp is included in the printed text within the Feb47 FO listing of PoW Camps However, it is crossed out and replaced with Oxhey

122 Oxhey Lane Camp Middlesex TQ 142 916 GWC Lt Col H N Drake Hatch End 1384 Hatch End LMS Yes 4 Sports Original English Heritage data states: 274 Uxbridge Road HA3 6SW 51° 36' 41" N London Cmd Priswar Hatch End Centre STANDARD type. Hatch End 0° 21' 7" W WE V/1453/2 Site occupied by a sports centre 03Mar19 OS Aerial view shows that is former PoW Site is now occupied by The Bannister Sports Centre with no trace of the former camp(s). 26Mar19 This camp is included in the corrected text within the Feb47 FO listing of PoW Camps It replaces Rayner Lane 30Jul19 This site is called Minister of Works Camp on the Pegasus Archive

Page 116 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 562 Osterley Park Camp Middlesex TQ 1517 7795 G W Coy Group Hounslow 6163 Yes 3 or 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: 681 Wyke Green TW7 4RA 51° 29' 19" N London Cmd Administering 17 19 gable-roofed huts and a pair of parallel dining hall with a central kitchen range Isleworth (WO) 0° 20' 33" W (24ft-span Nissen). See Camp no.681. 03Mar19 OS Aerial view shows a large open park with no visible evidence of the former PoW Camp at the coordinates given. Having said the above there is a compound and structures at the opposite end of the park that needs to be investigated. 26Mar19 Camp 562 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. However, Camp 681 is listed as Osterley Park 30Jul19 The Pegasus Archive has details on this camp / these camps as follows: PoW Camp 562 and 681 Osterley Park, Middlesex: Opened: 1943. Closed: not stated The first prisoners at Osterley Park were Italians, later followed by Germans. Some of these were put to work in the Crown Cork's plant on Scotts Road, to make up for the shortages in staff owing to former workers being enlisted in the Armed Forces. The following are the recollections of Don Fuller: "As a schoolboy during the war I spent many hours in Osterley Park with my chums. Initially the park was used as a camp for British and American troops but after the capitulation of Italy part of the park was utilised as a POW camp for Italian prisoners. The interns were allowed out of the camp and I recall, on a number of occasions, sitting near the main entrance with a group of prisoners whilst they strummed their guitars and sang of Sorento. They were issued with course Fairey soap to wash with, so I used to pinch toilet soap from home to exchange for buttons and badges. Apart from the soap their only other interest seemed to be 'whether we had any older sisters' plus a longing to return to their native Italy. After the Italians left, we had German POW's who were less friendly. After a while they were also allowed out of the camp wearing dark brown clothing with a large orange circle on the back of the blouse. I only recall one being affable and I used to buy a bottles of brown ale for him from the local off licence, the licensee thought they were for my father. Finally the camp was used to house German officers only, who were confined to the camp so my 'fraternising with the enemy' ceased."

669 West Ridge Camp Middlesex TQ 1368 8332 G W Coy Group Waxlow 2202 Ext 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Administering 17 173 Greenford UB6 9UQ 51° 32' 14" N London Cmd Site occupied by housing. (WO) 0° 21' 44" W WE V/1270/4 03Mar19 OS Aerial view shows at the exact 4-digit coordinates given a small woodland within a park that is adjacent to the housing specified within the original English Heritage Data.

1003 Capel House Camp Middlesex TQ 3446 9962 G W Coy Group Waltham Cross 2696 Yes 3 or 4 College Original English Heritage data states: Administering 17 Bullsmoor Lane EN1 4RQ 51° 40' 45" N London Cmd & 4083 Precise location not identified. (WO) Enfield 0° 3' 23" W WE V/1456/2 NGR given for parkland near Capel House. 03Mar19 OS Aerial view shows at the coordinates from the English Heritage Data the grounds of Capel Manor College. The original data says that the exact site has not been identified. However, there are multiple small buildings within the grounds consistent within the site of military / pow huts.

43 Harcourt Hill Camp Oxfordshire SP 488 044 GWC Lt Col Lirch MC Oxford 48916 Oxford 3 or 4 Rural 03Mar19 North Hinksey OX2 9AT 51° 44' 10" N Southern Cmd Priswar Oxford OS Aerial Map view shows a field with what may be markings that indicted pathways between buildings. Oxford 1° 17' 40" W WE V/1453/2 National Archives Reference FO 939/125 43 Working Camp, Harcourt Hill Camp, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire Note: see also FO 939/299

246 North Camp Oxfordshire SU 7046 8675 4 Woodland 04Mar19 Nettlebed RG9 5AX 51° 34' 30" N OS Aerial Map view shows woodlands with no direct evidence of a former PoW Cap at the location given or close by. Henley-on-Thames 0° 59' 4" W 26Mar19 There appears to be a discrepancy between the English Heritage data that gives 246 as Nettlebed AND Basildon House Basildon, whereas the Feb47 FO PoW list gives 246 as Basildon House Basildon. It is possible that this is an older camp and or is a sub camp or hostel

Page 117 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 553 Bolero Camp Oxfordshire SP 5883 2040 Yes 4 Light Original English Heritage data states: Graven Hill, OX26 6JP 51° 52' 44" N Industry Bolero' was the codename used for any facilities associated with the provision of support of the US Army. Bicester Military 1° 8' 48" W Four 'Bolero' complexes existed on Craven Hill –

SP 5826 2079 (Romney huts), SP 5850 2064 (dispersed Nissen hut camp), SP 5936 2044 (dispersed Nissen hut camp) SP 5914 2099 (Romney huts, gun park). NGR given for feature centre of the Craven Hill complex. See Camp no.683. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a very odd woodlands called Gravenhill Wood surrounded in a circle by other buildings with no visible signs of a former PoW Camp. 26Mar19 Camp 553 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

632 Old Windmills Camp Oxfordshire SP 608 207 G W Coy Group Bicester 260 Ext 174 Visited 2 Light Original English Heritage data states: Administering 52 Industry 654 Blackthorn OX26 6RA 51° 52' 53" N Southern Cmd 18Mar19 LARGE STANDARD. Bicester 1° 7' 5" W (WO) 33 WE V/1456/2 See Camp no.632 and 653

<< Location >> 03Mar19 << Verified >> OS Aerial Map view shows a clearly defined location that is possibly being used as a scrap yard or for some for of storage or re-cycling. There is also indication of what looks like a Nissen Hut on the site Visited 18Mar19 This is a fantastic site that is reported to contain two camps 632 and 653. The site as it stands today this made up of three main elements: • Scrap Yard • Caravan Sales Site • Roadside Cafe Scrap Yard The scape yard office for L C Hughes is in a small single story portacabin type structure. I went into the office and explained who I was and that I wished to take a number of photographs. I was instructed to sign in, take a reflexive vest and told to stick to the marked walkway for safety. This place is amazing as it contains several Nissen huts that may be original to the site but also may have been moved around the site. During my site inspection I came across an original WWII gateway through which two prefab huts can be seen in the field next to this site. These huts may be part of this site for example guard quarters or it may be part of a second camp. In a and amongst the cars and scrap in the site there is a large fountain and statue that the site owners said is an original from the PoW Camp. There is through a disturbing feature on this site and that is a sign above a sperate compound that says “Bicester Reclaim” as it echo’s the signs in the concentration camps. Caravan Sales As per the scrap yard I went into the sales rooms and asked for permission to take a number of photos. I was given permission and told that the sales building was one of the original huts as was the Café. However, both the caravan sales hut and café had been rebuilt. In the case of the Caravan sales building the walls where replaced retaining the rest of the structure. Roadside Café The café had closed so I just took a number photos from outside. Its heritage can be seen in its shape and size. However, the original structures have been replaced by what is now a new building sitting on old foundations. Image ID: Photo 2019 03 1832 to 1902 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/f734562984

Page 118 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 657 No.9 Tented Camp Oxfordshire SP 6085 2066 Yes 4 Light 04Mar19 Arncott, OX25 1TJ 51° 52' 52" N Industry OS Aerial Map view shows a field a couple of hundred meters from what is now a scrap yard at the given two-digit Bicester 1° 7' 2" W Military coordinates for camps. It is evident that there where many PoW Camps concentrated in this area and that without further data it is not possible to tell the location and number of each discrete camp. 26Mar19 Feb47 FO list of PoW Camps identifies Camp 657 as Shed D35 Graven Hill 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for thos project. I have yet to get a reply

657 Shed B35 Oxfordshire SP 5948 2010 G W Coy Group Bicester 260 Ext Yes 3 Light Original English Heritage data states: Administering 52 291 Industry Graven Hill OX26 6JP 51° 52' 34" N Southern Cmd Central Ordnance Depot shed, part of armaments sub-depot (WO) Arncott Military 1° 8' 14" W WE V/1456/2 04Mar19 Bicester OS Aerial Map view shows one of the sheds at the same large Bolero camp area in Bicester but there is no direct visual evidence of a former PoW Camp. National Archives Reference LMA/4288/D/04/010 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Kirche (German Church, Sydenham). Parish. Prisoners-Of-War. Prisoner of War Camp 657: prison newspaper (No 2) published by the Anti-National Socialist Working Group (434)

661A Eynsham Park Oxfordshire SP 395 123 Yes 4 Original English Heritage data states: Eynsham OX29 6PN 51° 48' 28" N Site cannot be determined from modern aerial coverage due to treecover. North Leigh 1° 25' 42" W 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Eynsham Park and Hall. But there is no directly visible evidence of the PoW Camp. As per the other stately home type sites the PoWs may have been held within existing buildings. OR, the PoW may have been held in buildings that have been removed and the site resorted post war. National Archives Reference LMA/4288/D/04/011 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Kirche (German Church, Sydenham). Parish. Prisoners-Of-War. Prisoner of War Camp 661, Eynsham: prison newspaper (Nos 5, 9-10, 13-15, 19-20, 22-23) (430) 26Mar19 There is a discrepancy between the National Archives report above and the English Heritage Data that include Camp 661 as Eynsham Park. However, the Feb47 FO list of Pow lists Camp 661 as Leffnoll Camp - Stranraer

683 Camp E.30 Oxfordshire SP 5919 2072 G W Coy Group Bicester 260 Ext Yes 4 Military Original English Heritage data states: Administering 52 273 Graven Hill OX26 6JP 51° 52' 54" N Southern Cmd Central Ordnance Depot shed, group of Romney huts part of the 'Bolero' complexes built for the US Army. (WO) Arncott 1° 8' 29" W WE V/1456/2 See Camp no.553. Bicester 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows another location within the Bolero Camp complex and area but no directly visible evidence of the actual PoW Camp can be seen.

Page 119 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 687 Shotover House Oxfordshire SP 583 067 GWCoy Group Oxford 3108 Yes 3 or 4 Original English Heritage data states: Administering 52 Wheatley OX33 1QS 51° 45' 21" N Southern Cmd Parkland and road widening. Oxford (WO) 1° 9' 24" W WE V/1270/4 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Shotower House and Park. But there is no directly visible evidence of the PoW Camp. As per the other stately home type sites the PoWs may have been held within existing buildings. OR, the PoW may have been held in buildings that have been removed and the site resorted post war. However, some 300m to the east of the given coordinates and across the A40 road there is a compound of the correct size and shape along with structures that may be the camp. Like wise there is a small site directly to the south that requires investigating. The two probable locations are marked on the saved aerial map view.

695 Horgard Barracks Oxfordshire SU 2546 9067 GWCoy Group Swindon Truck 17 Yes 4 Military Original English Heritage data states: Shrivenham SN6 8LA 51° 36' 51" N Southern Cmd Administering 52 Ext 1 Access Camp comprising some 120 bell tents within an irregular fenced compound guarded by watchtowers. (WO) Permission 1° 38' 1" W WE V/1270/4 Required Housing and vehicle park. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows at the location given a small housing estate with no direct evidence of a former PoW Camp. Shrivenham is still used as a military base and serves as a higher technical college for the military. In 1996 I spent 6 weeks there on an ADA 85 software language course. 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for thos project. I have yet to get a reply

1011 Camp D.30 Oxfordshire SP 5895 1967 Yes 4 Military Original English Heritage data states: Graven Hill OX26 6JP 51° 52' 20" N Central Ordnance Depot. Arncott 1° 8' 42" W 04Mar19 Bicester OS Aerial Map view shows another location within the Bolero Camp complex and area but no directly visible evidence of the actual PoW Camp can be seen. 26Mar19 Camp 1011 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

6a Ashton Court Somerset ST 5520 7156 Yes 3 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Bower Ashton 51° 26' 28" N c20 huts in guards’ compound, 26 huts & football field within prisoners' compound enclosed by a double 2° 38' 45" W perimeter fence. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Ashton Park and Court with no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp at the coordinates given. However, to the south of the camp there are extensive marks in the ground atypical of the site of a former camp. As such the coordinates have been changed: From: ST 557 718 To: ST 5520 7156 National Archives Reference FO 939/88 6A Working Camp and 7 Bomb Disposal Camp, Ashton Court Camp, Long Ashton, Bristol Note: see also FO 939/331

Page 120 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 37 Colley Lane Somerset ST 306 365 GPC Companies Bridgewater 3061/2 Visited 3 Industrial 04Mar19 Administered 666, Estate Bridgewater 51° 7' 24" N Southern Cmd 29Jun19 OS Aerial Map view shows an industrial estate. 673, 688, 2° 59' 34" W The area given by the coordinates is shown as being currently being built on. 694,1009, 1021, << Location >> 1022 However, the shape and site of this industrial estate next to others and housing is consistent with former PoW Camps. << Verified >> 29Jun19 This site lies within a large industrial estate. Initially on entering the estate I thought I may have come across an interesting and empty enclosed area surrounded by WWII style fence posts and with a typical gate and took several images. On driving further into the site I came across several Romney Huts complete with WWI buildings but of more interest opposite these structures were two derelict WWII accommodation buildings boarded up and with signs on them showing that at some time these had been used as toilets. I am happy that the general site of the camp has been identified through the presence of the compound, but more importantly the Romney Huts and Accommodation Buildings. Although a map or plan of the site would be useful in pinpointing the centre of the camp. Owing to some antibiotics I was on I had a bad reaction to the sun and was in a lot of pain in taking these images using both DSLR and Drone Cameras. Post Processing it is to be noted that the 4-digit number code for my images has rolled over. Regardless the images still have a unique ID as the Previous 0001 image is Photo 2019 01 0001 and the start image for this set of images is Photo 2019 06 0001 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 0001 to 0097 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p628995725 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 0065 to 0097 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p798897110

44 Goathurst Camp Somerset ST 259 337 GWC Lt Col R C C Joy North Petherton Bridgewater Visited 4 Farmland 04Mar19 DSO 311 Goathurst 51° 5' 52" N Southern Cmd 29Jun19 OS Aerial Map view shows a track way and an empty field with no evidence of the former PoW Camp. Bridgewater 3° 3' 34" W WE V/1453/2 Priswar Goathurst However, Huntssile Farm a few hundred meters to the east does show features in the ground and buildings that may be related to the camp or reuse of materials. National Archives Reference FO 939/126 44 Working Camp, Goathurst Camp, Goathurst, Somerset 29Jun19 This site is now a field with Wheat growing on one part of the field and what looks like beans on another part. There are a few mounds of rubble and an intact building plus a folly within the field but any relation to the former PoW Camp is unknown. There is through a substantial road and a feature within the field which how that at one time some thing of substance existed within the fields. Owing to my own condition at the time and the fact that the field was full of crops the disturbed area within the field was only photographed using the drone Images were taken with both a DSLR and Drone Cameras. Of note and of little to do with the project I managed to get an interesting shot of the drones rotors. Photo ID: 2019 06 9902 to 9947 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1004029755 Photo ID: 2019 06 9919 to 9947 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1056728133

Page 121 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 107 Penleigh Camp Somerset ST 537 463 GWC Lt Col A A Crook Wells 468/9 Wookey Visited 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: DSO Wookey Hole 51° 12' 50" N Southern Cmd Priswar Wells 29Jun19 STANDARD type. Wells 2° 39' 51" W WE V/1453/2 Site occupied by housing 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a housing estate with a cleared compound to the north with another compound north of that. It is more logical to speculate that the two compounds may be related to or be the remains of the camp rather than the except coordinates specified. Compounds marked on saved aerial map. 29Jun19 The exact site of this PoW Camp is not known other than the basic fact that postwar development has resulted in many houses being built. The location given by English Heritage is for the older Hosing Estate which is covered in the initial series of photos for this camp. However, the second and newer estate parts of which are still being built is on Penleigh Road – This being the name of the PoW Camp makes this second site the most probable location of the PoW camp. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 0110 to 0140 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p664704291

403 Brockley Camp Somerset ST 475 671 PC Flax Bourton 214 Nailsea and Yes 3 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Backwell GWR Brockley 51° 24' 1" N Southern Cmd Priswar West Town Restored parkland. 2° 45' 21" W WE V/202/4 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a field with multiple markings in the grass of various regular pathways consistent with a former PoW Camp

405 Barwick House Camp Somerset ST 5600 1446 Visited 1..4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Barwick 50° 55' 40" N 29Jun19 Restored parkland, cropmarks visible on Getmapping coverage. Yeovil 2° 37' 38" W 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a field with multiple markings in the grass of various regular pathways consistent with a former PoW Camp 26Mar19 Camp 405 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Jun19 The entrance to Barwick House is via a long private road secured at each end by powered access control gates with no means of contacting the house. However, there is a public footpath and right of way through to the house and park. I used the footpath entering from the eastern end of the site and walked through a couple of fields before coming to the house noting along the way a number of follies within the park. There is no evidence as to the former PoW Camp other than the main house itself. As such my images are of the house, footpath and walk to the house. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9780 to 9810 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p903671036

Page 122 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 665 Cross Keys Camp Somerset ST 200 265 Visited 3 Light Original English Heritage data states: Industry 1022 Norton Fitzwarren 51° 1' 56" N 29Jun19 Pre-existing camp serving an ordnance depot. Footprint extant in part. Taunton 3° 8' 32" W 04Mar19

<< Location >> OS Aerial Map view shows an area that contains Norton Manor Military Camp and several military features and << Verified>> buildings. At the specified coordinates there is a field with evident markings in the grass and is penetrated by another compound. 26Mar16 The Feb47 FO Pow List Identifies Camp 665 as South Littleton Evesham. 29Jun19 This is an interesting site in that it is placed did way between an old derelict storage depot made of Romney Huts and an active Royal Marines Base. And the former home of Lord Trenchard on of the founders of the Royal Air Force. The history of this site can readily be observed in that whilst it is now a mixture of light industrial units as well as a storage company the site also contains a number of Poultry Sheds. Whilst most of the WWII structures have been removed including the original fencing the size and shape of the suite has been retained. And a small number of PreFab buildings have also been preserved. Photos of the site were taken with both a DSLR and Drone Cameras. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9811 to 9901 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1061735295 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 9863 to 9901 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p828431236

666 Stoberry Park Somerset ST 552 463 G W Coy Group Well 424 Visited 4 Not known Original English Heritage data states: Administering Wells 51° 12' 50" N Southern Cmd 29Jun19 Decorative gate posts & statue of Romulus & Remus. 37(WO) 2° 38' 33" W WE V/1270/4 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a housing estate with no evidence of a PoW Camp at the given location 29Jun19 This site of this PoW is not known. There are through two primary sites one is Stoberry Park School, the other is Stoberry Park House and Park. Being a Saturday when I visited this area the school was closed. Therefore, I took a small number of photos of the primary site, the school. Image ID: Photo 2019 06 0098 to 0109 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1049232567

56 Botesdale Suffolk TM 056 764 GWC Lt Col J S D Lloyd Botesdale 31 Diss Visited 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Diss 52° 20' 49" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Botesdale 26May19 STANDARD type. 1° 1' 1" E WE V/1453/2 Demolished apart from water tower

<< Location >> 04Mar19 << Verified >> OS Aerial Map view shows a field or approximately the correct size of a former PoW Camp. The area view shows the water tower from the original data and some very faint markings in the field. 12Mar19 National Archives Reference FO 939/138 56 Working Camp, Botesdale Camp, Diss, Norfolk 26May19 Bottesford is directly opposite the former PoW Camp Hospital 261 / USA AF General Hospital 65 and each site can see the other. Unlike the former hospital site though this site contains the remains of the former PoW Camp in the form of a WWII military Water Tower. Although now discussed and in a dangerous condition it makes a striking feature in the landscape amongst weeds, bushes and trees. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8398 to 8437 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p889030940

Page 123 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 85 Victoria Camp Suffolk TL 7308 7665 GWC Lt Col H S Gill MC Mildenhall 2184/5 Mildenhall LNER Visited 3 Rural 04Mar19 Brandon Road 52° 21' 38" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Mildenhall 26May19 Next to Mil OS Aerial Map view shows a field with a very small compound containing a few farm type buildings. 0° 32' 25" E Airfield Mildenhall WE V/1453/2 The aerial view also shows a shed that may be one of the original PoW huts along with markings in the ground close and aligned with the hut and all within an area constant with the footprint of a former PoW Camp. << Location >> Revisited Required National Archives Reference FO 939/165 << Verified >> 85 Working Camp, Victoria Camp, Mildenhall, Suffolk 26May19 This site is located in the corner of field used to graze sheep just of the A1065 and within a short distance of RAF Mildenhall. From Google and OS Maps faint traces of the hut bases and what looks like a hut has been retained although this was not visible from the main road. Part of the site is some form of fenced in compound used to store, pump or transfer liquids or gas. I stopped at the entrance to the compound and took a few photos with my DSLR Camera, after which I took out my Drone Camera with the intent of taking a few images of the site using the drone. I did this in main because of a combination of the weather and that at the time I was not able to walk from the field entrance to the site of the former camp owing to back pain. On switching on my drone I found out for the 1st time what happens to drones activated within a no-fly zone – as I said I was not too far from Mildenhall. UK Law and regulation with regards to small drone cameras is such that they should not fly 400ft above ground level and that they should not fly close to airports and or military bases and prisons etc.. I found early on that to fly over the 400ft with the current DJI Mavic Pro 2 all you had to do was to alter the maximum altitude present. Well in the past I had flown close but outside a designated no fly area when at Kings cliff. At this site I was within the no-fly zone for RAF Mildenhall. The Drone control software informed me of the restriction and then offered me the opportunity to unlock the restrictions – this is something I would not do in these circumstances my background is on of Military Aviation and my last job before I took early retirement was on the design team of the UK Watchkeeper UAV to say that I understand the issues involved is an understatement. Oddly enough what I wanted to do would have been safe, however, it simply is not worth it. I limited my photos to just a few close to the compound and need to revisit this site at a future date. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8306 to 8313 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p820693344 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8310 to 8311 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1022876090

Page 124 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 171 Bungay Base Camp Suffolk TM 325 866 BC Lt Col H O Daniel Bugay 82 Ditchingham Visited 3..4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: TD Bugay 52° 25' 40" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Bugay 27May19 Former RAF airfield. Beccles 1° 25' 6" E WE V/202/4 Precise location not identified, NGR given for feature centre 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows the former airfield site with runways removed and the entire site having been returned to agriculture. Directly to the east of the given coordinate there are a large number of military huts. It is not possible to state without more actuate data the exact site of the PoW Camp. However, the presents of the huts is suggestive and worth a visit. 27May19 Bungay Airfield was a typical WWII built airfield in that having built the runways and provided minimum support facilities next to the runway. The Technical and Domestic Sites for the airfield were built in multiple dispensed locations around the general area. During WWII Bungay was used by the United States Army Air Force as Station 125. I took several images of various dispersed sites using DSLR and Drone Cameras around the airfield and dispersed accommodation sites including Abbey Farm which contained a few old military buildings. Uplands Farm which is a working poultry farm and for which only Drone images could be taken owing to biosecurity. And finally a memorial to Station 125 As I write this, I have no definitive information as which of the dispersed sites served as the site of the actual PoW Camp. In fact this PoW Camp may have been associated with or a part of Camp 273 Flixton Airfield PoW Camp which is also labelled as US 125 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8517 to 8523, 8567 to 8693 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p774137376 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8571 to 8615, 8676 to 8693 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p990847813

231 Redgrave Park Suffolk TM 054 773 Hospital Major G WI Diss 280 Visited 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: PW Hospital 52° 21' 18" N Eastern Cmd Thomas Priswar Diss 26May19 Military Hospital. Diss 1° 0' 53" E WE V/1416/1 Some footings remain

<< Location >> 04Mar19 << Verified >> OS Aerial Map view shows a cleared field of the size and shape of a former PoW along with woodland and fields at Redgrave Park Farm. 26May19 During WWII Redgrave Park housed a war time US Army Air Forces 65th General Hospital. This hospital was made up of Prefab and temporary buildings located within parkland close to Redgrave Hall Farm. The hospital was also used to treat PoWs – Hence it’s secondary name of PoW Camp 231. Both the Hospital and PoW camp have now gone and have been replaced in modern times with woodland on the edge of field used to graze sheep. Although the site has gone it has been commemorated by a memorial marker to the Hospital at the entrance to Redgrave Park. As the site contained a field full of sheep between the site and the roadway and owing to rain the photos taken where limited to ones taken from the driveway through Redgrave Park. Opposite a lake running through Redgrave Park was PoW Camp 56 Botesdale. The remains of this camp in the form of water tower can be seen from Redgrave Park and were included within the images taken. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8372 to 8397 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p998269901

Page 125 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 258 Ellough Airfield Suffolk TM 446 853 GWC Lt Col J F Ashton Beccles 2197 Visited 4 Original English Heritage data states: Beccles 52° 24' 39" N Eastern Cmd 27May19 Former RAF Beccles. 1° 35' 42" E WE V/1453/2 NGR given for main site. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a cleared field with crops and no evidence as to the presence of a former PoW Camp. In fact the coordinate given are about 1km south of the former RAF base as such its an odd one. Again though being an old airfield it is possible that it was the site of dispersed accommodate so although this location looks wrong it cannot be ruled out as being correct. More information is needed 27May19 I visited this site on one of the better days during my trip to East Anglia to find at the location given by English Heritage a very large wheat field with no visible signs or associations with that location being the site of former WWII PoW Camp. Nevertheless I took a number of images in and around the location including close ups of the wheat as well as some shoots of beehives. Given that the field was large and contained crops I confined my self to walking around the clear areas of the field using a DSLR and Drone Cameras. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8470 to 8515 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1006452755 Image ID: Photo 2019 8486 to 8514 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p843813037

260 Hardwick Heath Suffolk TL 845 626 GWC Lt Col F V Oborne Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds Visited 4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: 1074 Bury St Edmunds 52° 13' 50" N Eastern Cmd 26May19 Site occupied by a hospital. Priswar Bury St 0° 42' 0" E WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 Edmunds OS Aerial Map view shows a field with the Joyce Cockram Day hospital around 200m to the east with no direct indication or signs of the former PoW Camp. 26May19 This site or rather the location given by English Heritage is now a Wheat Field that shows no signs of the former camp. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8284 to 8305 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p696291461

Page 126 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 273 Flixton Airfield Suffolk TM 3114 8589 Visited 2 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Flixton 52° 25' 19" N 27May19 Former RAF Bungay (Station 125). Bungay 1° 23' 52" E Precise location not identified,

<< Location >> NGR given for approx centre of the numerous dispersed accommodation sites. << Verified >> 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a cleared field with some markings on the grass consistent with the past presence of buildings. To the east of the given coordinates there are buildings constant with a tech site and to the south of those buildings are buildings constant with 1950-60’s military accommodation blocks. Above buildings marked on saved aerial view map. 27May19 This site is or rather was one of the accommodation sites from Station 125 Bungay / Flixton Airfield and is located next door to a food processing factory. This site essentially consists of a multiple prefab, brick and Nissen huts that appear to have been used by a farmer as storage but have since been abandoned. The site is unusual in that it consists of three buildings with water towers and the remains of a single Nissen Hut. Whilst the site and buildings are clearly abandoned and or no longer being used for storage and quite frankly are as many such buildings unsafe there are indications that some one has been on the site. The bottom doors of a number of buildings have holes cut in them to allow cats to get in and out the buildings and some one is providing bowls of water for the cats. In terms of photography it is an ideal site for documenting what these buildings looked like as well as showing the effects of time and abandonment, in addition I also arrived on a day with very good weather and light. I took several outstanding images using both a DSLR and Drone Cameras. In fact I have to say that I have more high-quality images at this single site than any other! The location has been updated from that of the original English Heritage information in that it misplaced the site by a couple of hundred meters: From: TM 3057 8591 To: TM 3114 8589 Image ID: Photo2019 05 8694 to 8850 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p961393002 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8826 to 8850 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p926537933

Page 127 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 273 Debach Airfield Suffolk Main Camp GWC Lt Col F A Lewis Woodbridge 235 Woodbridge Visited 3 Original English Heritage data states: 273A Debach TM 2357 5310 Eastern Cmd Priswar Woodbridge 26May19 Former RAF Debach (Station 152). 52° 7' 51" N Woodbridge WE V/1453/2 Precise location not identified 1° 15' 54" E NGR given for approx centre of the numerous dispersed accommodation sites.

04Mar19

OS Aerial Map view shows a crossroads at the coordinates given. Sub Camp The aerial view shows the former airfield with multiple (turkey) huts on the former runways with multiple military huts TM 2307 5407 and buildings in the immediate area. 52° 8' 23" N 1° 15' 30" E As per other airfields it is possible that the PoWs where accommodate at either the Technical or Domestic sites. Or alternately a barbed wire cage in the centre of the A form Runways. Possible locations marked on saved aerial map view << Locations >> 26May19 << Verified >> I happened to visit this site on an open day in which the 493 Bomb Group Museum was holding an open day complete with reenactors and USAAF Vehicles. The museum is located in the former ATC Control tower and has a tearoom / visitor Centre along with a museum housed within a Nissen Hut and several smaller buildings. The Visitor centre includes an airfield map along with an information poster on Thisleton Hall that formed the PoW Camp and was demolished post war. The museums also contain extensive WWII displays including that of toys and other items produced by and associated with the PoWs. Debach is a typical War Time Air Field, in that I mean that the technical and domestic sites are build from prefab buildings and are scattered away in multiple locations away from the runways. Debach in being used for PoWs was typical of a number of other airfields in that one or more of the scattered domestic sites was converted to be used as a PoW Camp. In talking to the museum staff, reenactors and reading the various articles and information posters at the visitor centre and at one of the dispersed sites it is evident that the Main PoW Camp was at the Thisleton Hall location. This site is now a small woodland a few hundred metres from the Control Tower. A PoW Sub Camp can be found close to the original English Heritage original coordinates in what is now a Golf Equipment Producer which has retained the original main buildings. My photos of this site include: • Images of the Control Tower, Visitor Centre, Displays and Reenactors. • Images of a Nissen Hut – Disassembled • Images of the woodland site of the Actual Site of the Former PoW Camp using DSLR and Drone. • Images of the remains of the technical site now used by a local farm using DSLR and Drone. • Images of one of one of the dispersal sites now used for farming • Images of the PoW Sub Camp Dispersed Site Location Updated: From: TM 2287 5404 To: TM 2357 5310 Location Added: Sub Camp: TM 2307 5407 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8077 to 8261 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p1068054158 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8138 to 8158, 8214 to 8246 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p657889435 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 8262 to 8283 – Subcamp https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p577224117

Page 128 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 9 Kempton Park Camp Surrey TQ 110 700 Yes 2..4 Original English Heritage data states: 218 Sunbury-on Thames 51° 25' 5" N Large complex encompassing all pre-existing racecourse buildings to east of Staines Road and 212 tents within 0° 24' 18" W the prisoners' compound that was enclosed by a double perimeter fence with guard towers. Guards compound consisted of c20 huts and some 52 tents to east of Park Road. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view as expected Kempton Park Race Course with the given coordinates being on the western park of the race track straight. There is no directly observable evidence on the aerial map views of buildings or markings constant with a former PoW Camp The coordinates given when compared to the description as to the caps actual location appear to be the at the South east corner of the camp. The saved aerial view map shows the possible location of the camp based on the information and coordinate data from English Heritage. National Archives Reference WO 166/14168 218 Prisoner of War Camp. Camp moved from Aldershot, Hampshire, to Kempton Park; Form there to Sunbury on Thames; from there to Coleford, Gloucestershire; from there to Rugeley, Staffordshire; from there to Didlington, Norfolk.

10 Bomb Disposal Camp Surrey 12Mar19 Fairmile Camp National Archives Reference FO 939/95 Cobham 10 Bomb Disposal Camp, Fairmile Camp, Cobham, Surrey

23 Kingwood Surrey SU 94 38 4 Rural 04Mar19 Wormley GU8 5UU 51° 8' 0" N OS Aerial Map view shows a mixture of housing, trees, scrub and park land at the given coordinate with there being no Godalming 0° 39' 28" W visible evidence of the former PoW Camp.

57 Merrow Down Camp Surrey TQ 022 500 GWC Lt Col A C M Guildford 62911 Guildford Yes 3..4 Golf Corse 04Mar19 Guildford GU1 2HL 51° 14' 24" N Eastern Cmd Rowland Priswar Guildford OS Aerial Map view shows Guildford Gold Club on Merrow Downs. 0° 32' 14" W WE V/1453/2 Unlike many sites that have been turned into golf clubs with their sculptured and cared for lawns the site or part of it is present at the given coordinates. Directly to the south of the coordinates area marks and indentations in the ground that show the former presences of buildings consistent with PoW Camp huts. However, in all fairness and given that this is a golf course these areas could be putting and or driving bases. National Archives Reference FO 939/139 57 Working Camp, Merrow Down Camp, Guildford, Surrey

Page 129 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 144 Ruskin Avenue Surrey TQ 196 771 Visited 4 UK 04Mar19 Kew TW9 4DU 51° 28' 48" N 21Mar19 National OS Aerial Map view shows a heavy built up area with this location marked as Government Offices. 0° 16' 44" W Records Specifically, this is the site of the UK Government national archives where the records of the former PoW are kept. Office This is a MUST visit sites in order to access the records of the camps and now to photograph Kew as a former PoW << Location >> Camp. << Verified >> Visited 21Mar19 Having visited Hampshire in order to photograph a number of former PoW sites and to locate others and take part in an organised photoshoot I included a trip to the site of former PoW Camp 144 Ruskin Road. This site is now the location of the UK National Archives. During my on-line research I had come across references to a number of government files held by the UK National Archive on various PoW Camps. Prior to my visit I completed an on-line application process in order to obtain a reader’s ticket and I pre-ordered a number of files without direct knowledge as to what I would find in these files. Specifically I ordered one file that the National Archive Search facility stated contained a list of the various camps. I also ordered five or six separate files that the search facility said related to specific camps. As I say I had no idea as to the exact contents of these files until I read them. The site was relatively easy to find although as I found the security around access to the documents is tight in order to ensure that documents are not damaged or stolen. The documents as it turns out were from the Foreign Office and date back to around 1947.The basics and purpose was for inspection reports from the camps in view of repatriation of the PoWs hence the doc’s originating from the Foreign Office and not the War Office. The document that listed the various camps ONLY contains details of the camps still open in February 1947 and included multiple corrections in blue pencil / pen on top of typed sheets. This this contained the address and basic details such as phone and telex details but it did NOT include map coordinates of the camps – just addresses. These addresses whilst accurate do not contain more modern features such as post codes and thus whilst good enough at the time are not detailed enough to pin point the location down to a few metres. The Camp inspection reports like the list documents include details of the camps including how many PoW they held, accommodate types and the names but not address or location details of subcamps, hostels and billets. Using a Photocopy Stand I photographed the List of Camps along with Visit Reports for Camps 4 and 94, both of which I have visited and photographed as they are in Leicestershire and close to my home address. I have posted a copy of these three files on-line, as follows: List of Camps Still Open in February 1947 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p145140529 FO Inspections in 1947 of PoW Camp 4 Scraptoft: https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p76760708 FO Inspections in 1947 of PoW Camp 94 Billesdon: https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p329324610

Having read and copied the reports I took several photos of the outside of the National Archives Building including a plaque giving some of the WWII history of the site. Image ID’s: Photo 2019 03 2805 to 2839 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p282251843 27Mar19 Camp 144 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. However, this very document has had a massive up-date based on the information found in the list of PoW Camps.

Page 130 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 239 Westonacres Camp Surrey TQ 265 585 GWC Lt Col H St C Burgh Heath 3981 Banstead 2..4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Theyts MC Woodmansterne 51° 18' 41" N London Cmd Priswar Banstead Two possible sites, other possibility is at TQ 265 595 Banstead 0° 11' 11" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a number of possible sites and without more information it is not possible to determine which of these is the actual PoW Site. The original given coordinates show nothing that could be regarded as a possible site. The second coordinate set shows a cleared field of the right size and shape with building directly to the right of this site. In addition, there is another location directly south of these coordinates that on the aerial view looks more promising. All sites are shown on a marked up aerial map. In addition to the above press cuttings state that this camp was in fact within and was part of a hospital that has since been demolished. 27Mar19 This PoW Camp in the Feb47 FO Pow List Is crossed out and replaced with a new camp – Shirly Church Road which has been added as the next entry

239 Shirly Church Road Surrey GWC L Col R A Mc Spring Park 2296/7 East 27Mar19 Addington London Cmd George Priswar Croydon Croydon PoW Camp added as a new camp from information in Feb49 FO listing of PoW Camps. Corydon WE V/1453/2 This camp replaced 239 Westonacres Camp

275 Topsite Camp Surrey TQ 15 67 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Thames Ditton 51° 23' 25" N Precise location not identified, 0° 20' 54" W NGR given for Thames Ditton. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view at the two-digit coordinates given show a heavy built up area just off the A309 Hampton Court Way with no visible signs of a former PoW Camp. Without more information it is not possible to locate this camp National Archives Reference HF/LEEWW: 2001.836.2 Home Front. Daphne Hackett papers and photographs. 27Mar19 Camp 275 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

592 Duxhurst Surrey 31Jul19 Reigate Camp Identified though Pegasus Archive:

658 Barn House Farm Surrey TQ 127 216 Yes 3 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Shipley 50° 58' 58" N Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) built prior to D-Day. Horsham 0° 23' 45" W 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows several buildings within a clearly defined compound area identified as Juniper and Brooklands farms on the OS Map Standard Map View and as Barn House Farm in italic type text used for old names and buildings within the OS Landranger Map view. These are the size and shape of a former PoW camp compound with other marking in and around the area. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO Pow List gives Camp 658 as being Hill Camp Westbury, as does the English Heritage original data. It is this assumed that the camp may have been moved at some point and or the number re-used. It is unlikely that this camp in Horsham is a sub camp or hostel for Westbury owing to distance.

674 Old Dean Common Camp Surrey SU 8849 6173 G W Coy Group Yes 4 Original English Heritage data states: Administering 30 675 Camberley GU15 4BE 51° 20' 51" N Southern Cmd Site occupied by housing. (WO) Bagshot 0° 43' 50" W WE V/1270/4 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a housing estate within Olddean Common along with other housing, colleges, trees and scrub. This whole area was once covered in military bases and there is no visible evidence as to the presence of the former PoW camp on the aerial maps.

Page 131 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 1016 Old Dean Common Surrey SU 8837 6218 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Camberley GU15 4BE 51° 21' 6" N Precise location not identified. 0° 43' 56" W NGR for Common. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Olddean Common but there are no obvious signs as to the site of the former PoW Camp.

1026 Raynes Park Camp Surrey TQ 2538 7318 G Wkg Coy Group Liberty 5479 Yes 3 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Bushey Road 51° 26' 37" N London Cmd Administering 17 (Note may be Precise location not identified. Wimbledon 54499) 0° 11' 50" W WE V/1270/4 NGR for approx centre of Raynes Park. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Raynes Park as a heavy built up area with a number of greenspaces. Some basic research shows that there is data held at Kew and there was once a question asked in Parliament about the former Raynes Park army camp – but there is nothing that specifies the location of the former camp. A bit more research gives the army base as being next to Southfields Academy on Merton Road and is now listed as Royal Marines (Reserve) Barracks Wandsworth. Having looked at the building via Google Street View it is evident that this building is post war. So, I am happy that I have made a positive site identification until something comes along to contract what I have found this far. Also I am of the view that the site has been cleared and rebuilt even though it may have stayed as a military post and retained its original boundaries. The coordinates have been up-dated: From: TQ 230 687 To: TQ 2538 7318 National Archives Reference FO 939/330 1026 Working Camp, Raynes Park Camp, Bushey Road, Wimbledon, London SW20

00 Racecourse camp, Lingfield Surrey 13Mar19 National Archives Reference WO 222/71 Report of special medical investigation on Italian prisoners of war at Racecourse camp, Lingfield.

46 Kingsfold Camp Sussex TQ 088 246 GWC Lt Col A C Upton Billinghurst 217/8 Billinghurst Yes 3 Woodland Original English Heritage data states: Marringdean Road 51° 0' 37" N Eastern Cmd Priswar Billinghurst STANDARD type Billinghurst 0° 27' 1" W WE V/1453/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a cleared site bounded by woodland close to several housing estates include construction. National Archives Reference FO 939/128 46 Working Camp, Kingsfold Camp, Billingshurst, Sussex

145 Normanhurst Camp Sussex TQ 712 152 3..4 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Battle (East Sussex) 50° 54' 39" N Precise location not identified, 0° 26' 1" E NGR given for Normanhurst, Steven's Crouch, Battle 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows two holiday / caravan parks close to the given speculative coordinates. There are also a number of other possible sites that should be investigated as seen by looking at the aerial map views. These locations have been marked on the saved copy of the saved OS Aerial Map views.

238 Brook House Sussex TQ 357 293 GCW Lt Col J F K Ardingly 89 Haywards Heath Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Hammingden Lane (West Sussex) 51° 2' 49" N Eastern Cmd Ponsford Priswar Haywards Precise location not identified, Ardingly Heath 0° 3' 55" W WE V/1453/2 NGR given for Brook House Haywards Heath 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the original information from English Heritage Book House. However, there are no obvious signs of the former PoW Camp. Without additional information it is not possible to define the location of this former PoW site.

Page 132 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 631 Seafield School Sussex TQ 71 07 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Cooden Down 50° 50' 14" N Precise location not identified, Bexhill 0° 25' 37" E NGR given for Cooden. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows the Cooden Down area of Bexhill but within the modern maps there is no Seafield; School, Road, Lane, House etc… Likewise, there are no obvious visual indication or clues as to the location of this site either in the mapping tools or other basic on-line research. 27Mar19 Camp 631 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 30Jul19 This site is as a identified USSR Working Company on the Pegasus Archive

901 A.Q.C. Westhaven Sussex 30Jul19 905 Lancing The Pegasus Archive website identifies this PoW Camp as being for Soviet Nationals

1017 No.2 Camp Sussex TQ 4137 2414 G Wkg Coy Group Danehill 139 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Sheffield Park 50° 59' 57" N Eastern Cmd Administering 33 Precise location not identified. Uckfield 0° 0' 47" E WE V/1270/4 NGR for Sheffield Park house. National Trust property. 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows Sheffield Park and House / Lodge. There are no visible indications as to the location of the former PoW Camp. As per many stately homes the PoW Camp was removed after the war and the grounds restored leaving no evidence as to the former camp. A such and given the large grounds it is not possible to definitively identify the exact location of the camp without further information. There are though some locations that show signs of a possible usage as a site but these are a few hundred meters away from the main site. These locations have been marked on the saved aerial map view.

23 Le Marchant Camp Wiltshire SU 00 61 Yes 1 Urban Original English Heritage data states: 410 Devizes 51° 20' 53" N Barracks. 2° 0' 4" W See Camp no.410 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a housing estate at the 2-digit coordinates given in the original English Heritage data. However, some basic research turned up the Wikipedia entry for this site that identifies the site of a former barracks from 1878 to 1967 and that it was used as a PoW camp located at 51°21′42″N 01°58′27″W. Coordinates changed From: SU 00 61 To: SU 01905 62567 13Mar19 National Archives Reference FO 939/318 410 Working Camp, Le Marchant Camp, Devizes, Wiltshire 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO List of PoW Cams identifies Camp 23 BC as Sunbury Camp and Camp 23 GPC as Green Fields Camp. Camp 410 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 133 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 52 Cholderton House Wiltshire GPC Companies Cholderton 207/8 28Mar19 80 Cholderton Southern Cmd Administered 632, This PoW Camp appears in the Feb47 FO Listing of Camps but thus far has not been found in other reference sources 652, 653, 657, 658, 668, 672, 674, 683, 687, 693, 695, 1001

89 Easton Grey Camp Wiltshire ST 8915 8750 GWC Lt Col J C Selby Malmesbury 3112 Malmesbury Yes 1 Light Original English Heritage data states: Easton Grey 51° 35' 10" N Sothern Cmd or 3113 Industry STANDARD type. Malmesbury Priswar Malmesbury 2° 9' 28" W WE V/1453/2 Light industrial and agricultural use 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a mixture of modern buildings as well as huts within a defined compound including a brick built water tower. National Archive Reference FO 939/169 89 Working Camp, Easton Grey Camp, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

114 Eden Vale Camp# Wiltshire ST 863 503 GWC Lt Col H G G Westbury 235 Westbury GWR 2..4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Westbury 51° 15' 6" N Sothern Cmd Digges Priswar Westbury STANDARD type. Whilts 2° 11' 51" W WE V/1453/2 Site occupied by housing 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows a large modern housing estate with no indications of the former PoW Camp. However, a few hundred meters to the east are a number of buildings and what could be WWII huts at Leighton Home Farm Court. The saved aerial view map of this site has been annotated to show the site to the east of the given coordinates. National Archives Reference FO 939/307 114 Working Camp, Westbury Camp, Westbury, Wiltshire

160 Military Hospital Wiltshire SU 102 845 PW Hospital Major T Garvey Swindon 3436 4 Parkland 04Mar19 Lydiard Park 51° 33' 33" N WE V/1395/2 Priscamp Purton OS Aerial Map view shows Lydiard Country Park although there are no obvious indications as to the site of the former Purton 1° 51' 15" W PoW Camp at the given coordinates. Again, as with may stately homes and similar buildings following then end of the war the sites where cleared and restored. Without more exact information it is not possible to precisely locate the site of this former PoW Camp.

289 Lydiard House Wiltshire SU 0899 8621 GWC Major P G Purton 224 Swindon Yes 3 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Devenish Lydiard Millicent 51° 34' 28" N Sothern Cmd Priswar Swindon Camp associated with a military hospital. Swindon 1° 52' 18" W WE V/1452/2 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows the given coordinates as being in a small field with a small housing estate to the south and another field to the north. The estate to the south and field to the north are both of the correct size and shape of atypical PoW Camps. The field to the north contains marking in the grass consistent with those of builds having been present in the field.

402 Lopscombe Corner Camp Wiltshire SU 252 355 Yes 2 Rural Original English Heritage data states: Housing Salisbury 51° 7' 5" N Precise location not identified, NGR given for the village. 1° 38' 28" W 04Mar19 OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage data Lopscombe Corner village / houses with no visible evidence of the former PoW Camp. However, directly to the South West of the coordinates there is a compound with Nissen Huts and other buildings consistent with a former PoW Camp. The saved map view copy of this site has been annotated to show the location of the probable PoW Camp Site. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW List of Camps identifies Camp 402 as being in Southampton. It is possible that the camp was moved prior to Feb47. It is unlikely that either camp was a sub camp or hostel of the other owing to distance

Page 134 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 575 Ashton Gifford Camp Wiltshire ST 9594 4000 Visited 4 Parkland Original English Heritage data states: Godford 51° 9' 33" N 30Jun19 There is a great deal of uncertainty about this site Warminster 2° 3' 33" W The only Godford listed by the OS is situated in Devon 04Mar19 Although as English Heritage says there is some uncertainty about this site I have located a Aston Gifford House in Wiltshire on Wikipedia. The site includes details and location of the house inc WWII, but there is no mention of site being used as a PoW Camp. Regardless, he Wikipedia data can be found at the address below and the location given as 51.1595oN 2.0575oW has been used to produce a saved aerial map of this site and NGR of ST 9594 4000. 27Mar19 Camp 575 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 30Jun19 Aston Gifford house and grounds is just off the A36 and has a private road passing through the estate. The access to the road, house and grounds is protected by heavy security gates with no intercom or doorbell. Given this I was unable to obtain permission to visit and photograph the site. As such I took several photos of the accessible parts using a DSLR camera. Following this I used a Drone from the public road simply going higher to get a better view overlooking the site and took several photos. Image ID: Photo to 2019 06 0378 0396 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p820904830 Image ID: Photo 2019 06 0384 to 0396 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p706765356

Page 135 of 174

632 Arena Road Camp Wiltshire SU 2348 4759 G W Coy Group Bulford 3171 Ext Visited 4 Military Original English Heritage data states: Administering 353 51° 13' 37" N Southern Cmd 01Jul19 Precise location not identified. 1° 39' 54" W 80(WO) WE V/1270/4 NGR for centre of North Tidworth.

<< Location >> 04Mar19 << Verified >> OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage Data Tidworth Garrison with no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp.

It is not so easy to identify the various PoW Sites on former larges bases such as Tidworth which has hosted several

SU 2208 4799 Camps by number. These could have been in different locations on the base or the same place renumber and or 668 Aliwell Barracks 51° 13' 50" N partition North Tidworth 1° 41' 6" W National Archives Reference WO 166/5981 << Location >>

<< Verified >> 1 Prisoner of War Camp at Tidworth (1939). 27Mar19

The Feb47 FO List of PoW Camps only includes Camp 668 for Tidworth. SU 2301 4828 Jellalabad Barracks Therefore, it is logical to assume that the other camps closed prior to Feb47. 51° 13' 59" N North Tidworth 25Jun19 1° 40' 18" W << Location >> National Archive File Ref << Verified >> Tidworth Military Hospital. WO 222/848

Photograph depicting Tidworth, Hampshire: officer's mess. INF 9/185/3 Kangaroo Corner SU 2565 50337 [Grid references: OSGB36: SU 255 490; WGS84: 51.2390954363963, -1.63467858127666]. Prisoner of War Camp at 51° 15' 5" N 668 Camp, Aliwal Barracks Camp, Tidworth, Hampshire FO 939/321 Tidworth 1° 38' 2" W MISCELLANEOUS: PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS: 1 Prisoner of War Camp at Tidworth (1939).

101 Prisoner of War Camp at Southampton (1940): moved to L:iverpool, 12 July 1940. WO 166/5981 01Jul19 Tidworth Garrison is an active UK Army Military Garrison therefore my trip to Tidworth was with permission of the MoD. Several Main PoW Camps are associated with Tidworth and it is also highly likely that a small number of Sub Camps are also associated with the Garrison giving a slightly confused picture in identifying the specific camp AND matching its camp number especially as the Sub Camps have no number. Park House ? On arriving in the area I attempted to identify the location of the camps just outside of the modern garrison. I initially sort to identify the camp named by English Heritage as Park House. The only Park House currently in existence is the Park House Motel in Cholderton some 4Km from the modern Garrison. I meet the Owner / manager who said that during WWII the Model was used to billet several officers but as far as she knew it was not used as a PoW Camp and had no interest in the project. Shipton Bellingham village is midway between the garrison and Cholderton. The coordinates SU 2326 4536 given for Park House equate to Shipton Bellingham Highstreet and a building with a plaque saying, “The Old Shop”. The actual site is close to St Peters Close a housing development dating to around the 1970’s. So, if the camp was there it would seem that the modern St Peters Close housing was built on top of the camp. Additional Research needed – No Images Taken. Arena Road Camp PoW Camp 632 On arriving at the Garrison I was greeted by an army Warrant Officer I had been exchanging emails with. I was then introduced to the Camp Commandant in a small meeting that also included another army officer and a civilian researcher. The Commandant said that he was previously unaware of the fact that the garrison had been used as a PoW Camp and was keen to obtain as much information as possible to included within the camps heritage and history. The civilian that was there had lived close to the garrison during WWII and ha several items that had been built for him and his family by a PoW and knew the locations of the actual camps. This gentleman served as my escort for the two hours I was on site for. It turns out that the Arena Road camp or rather the camp referred to as Arena Road was just off South Drive a road that leads to Tidworth House which is now used as a Military Rehab Facility and lies within Tidworth Park. The actual Arena road has now gone and there is field that is currently used to graze horses. There is what appears to be a bridleway within the field but on looking at the same feature on Google and OS Map Satellite Views it is evident that this was at some point a more substantial road i.e Arena Road. Further weight is given to this as the road, fields and park contain Football and Sports facilities that exist(ed) at this site. As this site is within Tidworth Park and we have a Tidworth House it is NOT beyond probability that the PoW Camp in the original English Heritage research may be one in the same? Image ID: Photo 2019 07 0460 to 0498

Page 136 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p395900933

Aliwell Barracks PoW Camp 688 English Heritage Identify PoW Camp 688 as Aliwell Barracks. However, the civilian gentleman and historian with me during my visit said that he did not know or remember Aliwell Barracks as being used for PoWs. However, he did remember Jellalabad Barracks as being used to hold PoWs and pointed out the four main buildings as well as another building that at the time was used as a cook house for the PoW Camp. The actual four main building that comprise Jellalabad Barracks are quite old and are of the same design as ones at Shrivenham that I have stayed at. These old barracks have with what I would describe as a veranda or cloister type passageway at the rear of the buildings. The Aliwell Barracks as seen today differ substantially from Jellalabad in that they are modern buildings, in fact building work was underway at the time of my visit and it appears that more buildings of the same type are being put up. These new Aliwell Barracks resemble if any thing modern blocks of flats as can be found in any new build areas of our towns and cities and in many ways resemble the flats in which I live now. These modern Aliwell barracks have replaced an older set of barracks that would have been of a very similar design and layout as the Jellalabad and shows as much as any thing the changes in the modern forces. In rechecking Google and OS Map Aerial Views the distance between the Aliwell and Jellalabad is some 500 to 600m. Therefore, whilst it is possible that they may have been the same PoW Camp it is doubtful as there are barracks area between these two sites. However, it is possible that one site may have been for officers the other for Enlisted and or one German and one Italian. This arrangement is known on several other camps. Likewise both sets of barracks may have been used but at different times. In lieu of any other evidence I am including the images of both Aliwell and Jellalabad together as if they were a single camp. In addition the inclusion of the Aliwell Modern with Jellalabad Old shows the changes in living standards and provides a valid comparison as to WWII and now. Image ID: Photo: 2019 07 0407 to 0459 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p14886327 Kangaroo Corner PoW Camp 1 This site on Tidworth Road is being developed to create new modern married quarters for army families being withdrawn from Germany. The site originally comprised an ordnance depot and PoW Camp, the Pow Camp being located between a former train line and Somme Road as identified by civilian researcher associated with Tidworth Garrison. The PoW Camp number at this time is not known but it may be PoW 1 and it may also be known as Swinton Barracks and or Perham Down PoW Camp Image ID: Photo 2019 07 0500 to 0541 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p267376394 25Jul19 I have had some additional information from another researcher Pete Wood ([email protected]) who is writing a book on the subject of PoW Camps. He has been able to place the Shipton Bellinger PoW Camp and state that the Aliwell PoW Camp was to the West of the original Aliwell Barracks. He has also questioned the location and site given for Kangaroo Corner 31Jul19 PoW Camp 632 Arena Identified though Pegasus Archive as being a USSR Working Company:

638 Stratton Factory Camp Wiltshire SU 1703 8720 G W Coy Swindon 3681 Ext 4 Industrial Original English Heritage data states: 63 Estate 674 Swindon 51° 35' 0" N Southern Cmd Precise location not identified. NGR for centre of Stratton St Margaret. See Camp no.674. 1° 45' 20" W WE V/1270/4 04Mar19 Group OS Aerial Map view shows a very large building in a large industrial estate with no obvious indications of the presence of Administering a former PoW Camp. 80(WO) Without more information it is not possible to pinpoint the location of the former PoW Camp. 27Mar19 Camp 638 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 137 of 174

Table 3 Southern England

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 658 Hill Camp Wiltshire ST 8726 5111 G W Coy Westbury (Whilst) 4 Urban Original English Heritage data states: Westbury 51° 15' 32" N Southern Cmd 273 Ext 12 Precise location not identified 2° 11' 2" W WE V/1270/4 NGR given for centre of Westbury. Group 04Mar19 Administering OS Aerial Map view shows as per the English Heritage Data Westbury with no direct evidence of the former PoW Camp. 80(WO) Without more information it is not possible to pinpoint the location of the former PoW Camp National Archives Reference: FO 939/186 658 Working Camp, Hill Camp, Westbury, Wiltshire

663 Park House 'A', Wiltshire SU 2233 4484 4 Farmland 25Jul19 Shipton Bellinger, Tidworth 51° 12' 8" N See 632, 668 Tidworth PoW Camps: 1° 40' 54" W I have had some additional information from another researcher Pete Wood ([email protected]) who is writing a book on the subject of PoW Camps. He has been able to place the Shipton Bellinger PoW Camp and state that the Aliwell PoW Camp was to the West of the original Aliwell Barracks. He has also questioned the location and site given for Kangaroo Corner Note as curtsy to Mr Woods until he public’s his book or such time I confirm the location my self through other means I have been asked not to show the exact location

Page 138 of 174

7 PoW Camps in Scotland Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 11 Bomb Disposal Camp, Aberdeenshire 12Mar19 Salthouse Battery Camp National Archive Reference FO 939/96 Peterhead, 11 Bomb Disposal Camp, Salthouse Battery Camp, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO List of PoW Camps identifies Camp 11 as Island Farm in Wales and cannot be related to this former PoW in Scotland

110 Stuartfield Camp Aberdeenshire NJ 974 84490 GWC Lt Col J S Spencer Stuardfield 211 Mintlaw Yes 1 Some huts 05Mar19 Mintlaw Station 57° 29' 39" N Scottish Cmd OBE MC TD Priswar Mintlaw remain Using OS and Google Aerial Maps Mintlaw and its station have been located but there is nothing on the maps marked as 2° 2' 37" W WE V/1453/2 Stuartfield Camp. Looking at the area view there are some possible sites close to the station that may have been the PoW Camp. Coordinates for the station are given as: NJ 9890 4846 The saved aerial map has been annotated with promising locations for this site. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Used for displaced persons postwar. Some huts remain. Also location up-dated From NJ 9890 4846 To NJ 9748 4490

111 Deer Park Camp Aberdeenshire NJ 6916 1524 GWC Major T Smith Monymusk 29 Monymusk Yes 3 Rural 05Mar19 Monymusk 57° 13' 36" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Monymusk Using OS and Google Aerial Map views the PoW Camp has been located at: 2° 30' 44" W WE V/1453/2 57°13'36.5"N 2°30'44.5"W NJ 69163 15234 This site has been tagged as the PoW Site based on its size and shape and that it contains buildings and greenhouses that may have been sited on the bases of the former PoW Camp buildings 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed

00 Brucklay Aberdeenshire NJ913501 Rural 29Mar19 57° 32' 27" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 2° 8' 49" W Hut bases remain. Camp number and location is not known

00 Tullos Hill Aberdeenshire NJ 9565 0339 Commercia 29Mar19 l Aberdeen 57° 7' 17" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 2° 4' 24" W Destroyed. Former Peterseat AA Battery, used for German PoWs postwar. RCAHMS entry, Tullos Hill Camp number is not known

00 Peterculter Camp Aberdeenshire 29Mar19 Coronation Road Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Aberdeen. Destroyed. No trace found. Camp number and location is not known

Page 139 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 00 Hayton Camp Aberdeenshire NJ 9325 0900 4 Residential 29Mar19 Hayton Road 57° 10' 18" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Aberdeen 2° 6' 47" W Destroyed. RCAHMS entry, Hayton Road Camp number is not known

66 Dundee Angus 30Jul19 Site found on the Pegasus Archive

275 Kinnell Camp Angus NO 5992 4959 Yes 3 Sports 05Mar19 275a Friockheim 56° 38' 11" N Field Kinnell is the site of a former RAF airfield that has since been cleared. Arbreath 2° 39' 18" W The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272560/friockheim-camp-275275a-recreation-ground NO 5992 4959 This camp according to Canmore is located just outside the village and away from the airfield. The OS Aerial Map view shows that this site is now a sports centre. National Archives Reference FO 939/303 275 Working Camp, Kinnell Camp, Friockheim, Angus 27Mar19 Camp 275 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

00 Tealing Airfield Angus NO 4042 3717 YES 2 Remaining 29Mar19 56° 31' 21" N Buildings Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 2° 58' 12" W PoW accommodation. Destroyed. Camp number is not known 03Apr19 This is a former airfield site and is typical and similar to such sites in East Anglian that where used as Turkey Farms in that it has a large number of Prefabs WWII huts on the former runway. However, to the South West of the runway centre there are substation building remains that are indicative of a former military and PoW site.

6 Glenbranter Camp Argyll NS 1115 9766 Yes 3 Mixed 05Mar19 56° 8' 3" N Woodlands The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 5° 2' 26" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272561/glenbranter-camp-6 NS 1115 9766 As per the Canmore information the OS Map Aerial view shows that his site is now woods and scrub land with a few buildings on the site 27Mar19 Camp 6 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed. Opened in the grounds of Glenbranter House (once the home of Sir Harry Lauder) in the 1930s as a Ministry of Labour Instructional Camp. In 1935 there was a walkout, followed by another in 1936, both over conditions. Became an Italian PoW Camp during World War II. In 1942 became HMS Pasco, Combined Ops, landing craft signals school providing training for minor landing craft signalmen. The house was demolished in the 1960s. There are no remains.

Page 140 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 24 Knapedale Argyll NR 8297 9063 Mixed 05Mar19 Lochgilphead 56° 3' 32" N Residential Using Wikipedia Knapedale has been identified at the coordinates below with the Wikipedia Entry stating that the site 5° 29' 14" W was used as a PoW Camp in WWII: 56.02°N 5.52°W NR700 747 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapdale Although Knapedale has been located it actually covers a large area and without more information the exact location of the PoW will remain unknow. The saved OS map is from the Landranger 1:50,000 scale owing to the fact that the area in which this camp may be located is quite large. 27Mar19 Camp 24 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed. Also location up-dated

618 Inveraray Argyll NN 0893 0989 29Mar19 56° 14' 34" N Camp added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII. 5° 5' 6" W 03Apr19 Using the OS and Google Map Satellite View Tools a possible location has been identified in that the site appears to contain several Nissen hut Given that Nissen huts where sold and moved when sites where closed there is NO assurance what so ever even if the nuts came from the PoW Site that they are now located on the site of the former camp

00 Kinlochleven Argyll & Bute NN 2065 6070 4 Sparse 29Mar19 56° 42' 12" N Woodland Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 4° 55' 52" W Destroyed. Camp number and location is not known

14 Doonfoot (Bun) Camp Ayrshire NS 3203 1924 4 Residential 05Mar19 112 Ayr 55° 26' 17" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 4° 39' 23" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/252975/ayr-doonfoot-greenan-road-camp-14-base-camp NS 3203 1924 As per the Canmore information the OS Map Aerial view shows that his site is now contains a housing estate. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO List identifies PoW Camp 17 as a Group Pioneer Cops Camp in London 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Base Camp. Destroyed. Scene of Britain's largest escape attempt, December 1944. Around 97 Italian PoWs tunnelled out of the camp, but were quickly recaptured. Also Camp number of 112 added as the Secret Scotland and another site identifies Doonfoot as Camp 112

Page 141 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 22 Pennylands Camp Ayrshire NS 5410 2114 Yes 3..4 Mixed 05Mar19 Cumnock 55° 27' 44" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 4° 18' 32" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/158790/auchinleck-temple-camp-22-base-camp NS 5410 2114 The OS Aerial Map views shows this site still exists with a number of huts remaining on site. 27Mar19 Camp 22 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed. Recorded by RCAHMS as Auchinleck.

112 Kingencleugh (Kingendengh) Ayrshire NS 5031 2593 GWC Ayr 4685 Ayr Yes 3 05Mar19 Camp 55° 30' 14" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Ayr The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found Mauchline 4° 22' 17" W WE V/1453/2 at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/180976/kingencleugh-camp-112-german-working-company NS 5031 2593 The OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field of the size and shape of a PoW Camp along with faint lines and markings in the grass consistent with other PoW Camps and huts. 28Mar19 The FO Feb47 List of PoW Camps identifies this camp as Doonfoot Camp Ayr 29Mar19 The Secret Scotland Website also identifies Camp 112 as Doonfoot.

225 Maybole Ayrshire 13Mar19 National Archives Reference WO 166/16299 225 Prisoner of War Camp. Moved from Haltwhistle, Northumberland, to Maybole, Ayrshire; from there to Girvan; from there to Thorpe Bay, Essex. 27Mar19 Camp 225 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

67 Sandy Hillock Camp Banffshire NJ 2565 4493 GWC Lt Col H Lawton Carren 225 Criagellachie Yes 2 Surviving 05Mar19 Criagellachie 57° 29' 18" N Scottish Cmd MBE Priswar Huts The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 3° 14' 30" W WE V/1453/2 Criagellachie at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272620/sandyhillock-camp-67-german-working-camp NJ 2565 4493 The OS Aerial Map view shows the PoW Camp compound and hut bases with a number of huts, caravans and similar sitting on the hut bases. National Archives Reference FO 939/148 67 Working Camp, Sandy Hillock Camp, Craigellachie, Banffshire 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Some huts remain in use as poultry farm.

Page 142 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 236 Nine Wells (Ninewells) Camp Berwickshire NT 8629 5575 GWC Lt Col D Smith Chirnside 259 Duns Yes 3 Rural 05Mar19 Chirnside 55° 47' 41" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Chirnside The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found Duns 2° 13' 12" W WE V/1453/2 at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272615/ninewells-camp-236 NT 8629 5575 The OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field with scrub land and a number of trees. The outline of the PoW Camp compound and the outline of the hut bases is visible in the OS Map aerial views.

165 Watten Camp Caithness ND 2385 5450 BC Lt Col R L T Watten 219 Watten Yes 3 Sports 05Mar19 Watten 58° 28' 19" N Scottish Cmd Murrary Priswar Watten Field The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and Wikipedia can Wick 3° 18' 26" W WE V/202/4 be found at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/202517/watten-camp-165 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watten,_Highland ND 2385 5450 The OS Aerial Map view shows a football pitch along with a number of houses and what may be original PoW Camp huts 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed.

230 Stuchendoff (Stuckenduff) Dumbartonshire NS 2596 8633 GWC Major S H Anstey RHU 334 Yes 3 Light 05Mar19 Commercia Camp 56° 2' 17" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Helensburgh Helensburgh Heritage Website identifies this camp along with Blairvadach and Whistlefield as one of three located l around Gareloch: Shanden 4° 47' 42" W WE V/1452/2 Helensburgh http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=559:gareloch-and- loch-long-pow-camps&catid=88:military&Itemid=462 Canmore and other sites point to the location as being a single building for this site, this may be in error but its all I have at the moment…. And it gives the coordinates as: NS 25737 85880 The OS Aerial Map view shows for the given coordinates a house on the lock side. However, ground to the north of the coordinates along with a number of small buildings is marked on the OS Maps as Stuckenduff and is the size and shape consistent with a former POW Camp. Therefore, the final coordinates for this site are given as NS 2596 8633 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed. Please note this refers to the camp only, not Duff House itself, a surviving grand Georgian estate house cared for by Historic Environment Scotland. We've been told the house was briefly known as PoW Camp 5, housing mostly Naval PoWs. Attacked by a German Heinkel bomber on 22 July 1940, 6 PoWs and 2 British soldiers were killed and many more injured. After the attack the PoWs were quickly moved to English PoW Camp 2, Knutsford, Cheshire, before being transferred to Canada. PoWs were held inside Duff House itself, including the East Wing which was demolished after the war due to the bomb damage. Following removal of the PoWs after the attack, various different regiments were stationed in the house for training purposes, including the Norwegian Brigade during 1941/2, and various Polish units from 1945 until August 1946. The golf course is and was completely separate and had no connection with the PoW camp.

Page 143 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 582 Blairvadoch Camp Dumbartonshire NS 2617 8517 Yes 4 Mixed 05Mar19 Rhu 56° 1' 40" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found Helensburgh 4° 47' 27" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272621/shandon-shore-road-blairvadach-camp-582-german-working-camp NS 2617 8517 The OS Aerial Map view shows what appears to be a modern compound on the side of Gareloch complete with jetty’s and is identified on the map as an Outdoor Centre. It would appear from the aerial map that the PoW site has been cleared with the Outdoor Centre replacing the old buildings. 27Mar19 Camp 582 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Some remains left.

182 Barony Camp Dumfries NY 0185 8720 GWC Lt Col G Murry Parkgate 237/8 Shield Hill Yes 2 & 3 Residential 05Mar19 298 55° 10' 9" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Parkgate Dumfries LMS The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 3° 32' 32" W WE V/1453/2 Dumfriesshire at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/273037/the-barony-the-barony-camp-german-working-camp-no-298 NY 0185 8720 The OS Aerial Map view shows a very small and tightly defined housing estate. It would appear that the site was cleared and housed built within the bounds of the former PoW camp site. However, there is 2nd compound directly across the road from the camp that is the correct size and shape and contains buildings of approximately the size of PoW Huts… It would be logical to assume that: Camp 182 is located to the West of the given coordinates Camp 298 is located at the given coordinates Sites of interest marked on saved copy of OS Aerial Map View. National Archives Reference FO 939/184 298 Working Camp, Barony Camp, Dumfriesshire 27Mar19 Camp 182 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. However, Camp 298 is included within the FO List 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed On researching the Battle for Nancy, Lorraine region of France, September 5 to 15, 1944, 3rd Armed Brigade. Captured German soldiers of the 553 Division 1120 Grenadier Regiment were transported and housed at Camp 182, vetted then moved on to other working camps throughout Scotland, where many German PoWs decided to remain working as agricultural workers, miners etc. Later, in 1944, the 1120 Grenadier Regiment became a Volksregiment, made up of injured servicemen, fighting cooks, bakers etc, in an attempt to stop the Allied advance into Germany. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed

Page 144 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 293 Carronbridge Camp, Dumfries NX 8617 9965 GWC Major P G Thornhill 386 Thornhill Yes 2 Woodland 05Mar19 Carronbridge 55° 16' 40" N Scottish Cmd Devenish Priswar Thornhill The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 3° 47' 36" W WE V/1452/2 Dumfries at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/186798/carronbridge-camp-293 NX 8617 9965 The OS Aerial Map view shows a woodland straddling the A76 road. However, 100m south west of the given coordinates there appear to be two Nissen Huts and the OS Standard Map shows for the given coordinates a compound of sorts although this cannot be seen on the aerial view owing to the trees. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Sewage plant remains.

617 Dryffeholme Camp Dumfrieshire NY 1015 8175 Yes 3 05Mar19 Lockerbie 55° 7' 19" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 3° 24' 37" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/174347/halleaths-dryfeholm-camp-base-camp-no-617 NY 1015 8175 The OS Aerial Map view shows a small compound within a field and adjacent to two compounds identified on the map a Creamery. It would appear that the PoW Site has been cleared and reused 27Mar19 Camp 617 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 03Apr19 The given coordinates are for a few meters just north of a industrial estate. It is possible on examining the OS and Google Satellite Map views that the PoW Site may have been a couple of hundred meters to the South West where a caravan park can be found. Alternatively to the North West there is are scrap and storage yard. In truth any of the three possible sites could have been a self-contained PoW site or even two out of the three sites may have been a larger PoW site

68 Halmuir Farm Camp Dumfriesshire NY 1288 7910 Yes 2..3 Mixed 05Mar19 Lockerbie 55° 5' 55" N woodland. The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 3° 22' 0" W And at the site below: Surviving https://canmore.org.uk/site/247030/lockerbie-hallmuir-camp-68 hut bases NY 1288 7910 The OS Aerial Map view shows the site of the PoW Compound with what arrear to be a number of coaches parked on the site. The site is also within woodland but with a number of gaps within the trees corresponding to the hut bases. National Archives Reference FO 939/149 68 Working Camp, Halmuir Farm Camp, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire 27Mar19 Camp 68 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Some huts remained in 2006. Hut converted to camp chapel by Ukrainian PoWs remains. Interior decorated in authentic Ukrainian style.

Page 145 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 612 Honduras Camp Dumfriesshire NY 2780 6985 4 Rural 05Mar19 Mossknowe Estate 55° 1' 4" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found Kirkpatrick 3° 7' 50" W at the site below: Fleming https://canmore.org.uk/site/273036/mossknowe-estate-honduras-camp-german-working-camp-no-612 NY 2780 6985 The OS Aerial Map view shows a empty fields with trees marking a boundary and a few small houses. There is no visible evidence on the aerial views as to the former PoW camp site 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed

640 Mansecroft Camp Dumfries & NX 6683 5422 Mixed site 29Mar19 Twynholm Galloway. 54° 51' 53" N Site added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 4° 4' 35" W Destroyed, now housing estate. Camp was used postwar for Polish refugees. Also see Isle House Stables, Kirkcudbright. English Heritage lists Camp #640 as 'St. Andrew's Church Hall, Kirkcudbright', but no record of that building ever being used to billet PoWs. 30Jul19 The Pegasus Archive website names this camps as Honduras Camp. The site names the location as Kirkpatrick Fleming, Dumfries i.e the same county as names by other sources but a different village / town name

661 Leffnol Camp Dumfries & NX 0795 6607 Yes 2.3 Hut bases 29Mar19 Cairnryan Galloway 54° 57' 7" N remain Site added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 5° 0' 2" W Hut bases remain. 03Apr19 In many ways this site remines me of Scraptoft and Quorn camps in Leicestershire in that the site consist entirely of the outline of PoW / military huts

00 Isles House Stables Dumfries & NX 67420 49428 Costal 29Mar19 Galloway Kircudbright 54° 49' 19" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 4° 3' 54" W Housed low-risk Italian internees in early part of war. cf #640 Camp number is not known

16 Gosford Camp East Lothian NT 4530 7826 GWC Lt Col J H Stitt Aberlady 65 Longniddry Yes 2 Possible 05Mar19 Aberlady 55° 59' 38" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Aberlady Existing The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found Huts Longniddry 2° 52' 42" W WE V/1453/2 at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/207573/gosford-estate-army-encampment-camp-16-german-working-camp NT 4530 7826 The OS Aerial Map view shows two former PoW Camp huts within the grounds of Gosford House and Park. National Archives Reference FO 939/100 16 Working Camp, Deer Park Camp, Dalkeith, Midlothian and Gosford Camp, Longniddry, East Lothian National Archives Reference FO 939/101 16 Working Camp, Deer Park Camp, Dalkeith, Midlothian and Gosford Camp, Longniddry, East Lothian 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Three Nissen huts extant on private land.

Page 146 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 243 Amisfield Camp East Lothian NT 5260 7400 4 Golf 05Mar19 Haddington 55° 57' 24" N Course The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 2° 45' 38" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/222940/haddington-amisfield-park-camp-243 NT 5260 7400 The OS Aerial Map view shows a golf course labelled as Haddington Golf Course within Amisfield Park. There are no indications the former PoW camp on the aerial views. 27Mar19 Camp 243 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed Now Haddington Golf Course.

00 Mortonhall NT 2585 6808 4 Rural 29Mar19 Edinburgh 55° 54' 0" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 3° 11' 14" W Displaced persons camp post war. Hut bases remain Camp number is not known

00 Duddingston House NT 2860 7270 4 Golf Club 29Mar19 Edinburgh 55° 56' 31" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 3° 8' 40" W Camp number is not known

77 Annsmuir Camp Fife NO 3108 1155 GWC Lt Col D H G Ladybank 92 Ladybank Yes 1 Surviving 05Mar19 Ladybank 56° 17' 28" N Scottish Cmd McCririck Priswar Ladybank Buildings The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found and or at the site below: 3° 6' 54" W WE V/1453/2 Bases https://canmore.org.uk/site/197372/annsmuir-prisoner-of-war-camp-camp-no77-german-working-camp NO 31081 11554 The OS Aerial Map view shows the former Pow Camp compound possibly with some surving buildings being used as a caravan / holiday home site. National Archives Reference FO 939/157 77 Working Camp, Annsmuir Camp, Ladybank, Fifeshire 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed Now a caravan site.

77 Balbirnie Fife NO 2900 0200 4 Golf 29Mar19 56° 12' 18" N Course Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 3° 8' 45" W Now grounds of Balbirnie House Hotel, Markinch. It is assumed that this camp is a subcamp of hostel from Annsmuir as it has the same camp number of 77

77 Springfield Fife NO 3444 1297 29Mar19 56° 18' 16" N Site Added From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 3° 3' 40" W Now farmland next to Stratheden Hospital, Cupar It is assumed that this camp is a subcamp of hostel from Annsmuir as it has the same camp number of 77 03Apr19 The given coordinates are for a field. To the west of the field there is what may be a paper or wood mill and to the east there is a golf course It is possible that one of these other locations is the actual PoW Site.

Page 147 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 00 Lathockar House Fife NO 4892 1088 Yes 2..3 29Mar19 56° 17' 15" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 2° 49' 36" W Camp number is not known 03Apr19 The coordinates are for a small woodland. A few metres into the wood and to the south of the coordinates there are what appear to be the remains and of huts. Likewise to the west of the coordinates there is a small commercial yard.

00 Bonnytown Fife NO 5452 1245 3 Farm 29Mar19 Dunino 56° 18' 8" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 2° 44' 11" W Italian working camp. Destroyed. Camp number is not known 03Apr19 This is a discrete contained site called Bonnytown The size and shape is consistent with a subcamp

00 Capeldrae Fife NT 1963 9777 2 Single Hut 29Mar19 Westfield 56° 9' 56" N Remains Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Ballingry 3° 17' 44" W Possibly former Bevin Boy camp. Camp number is not known 03Apr19 This site appears to contain a single hut. It looks like a small subcamp / hostel site.

75 North Hill Camp Kincardinshire NO 70500 74691 GWC Lt Col T Reilly OBE Laurencekirk 128 Laurencekirk 4 Mixed 12Mar19 Laurencekirk 56° 51' 45" N Scottish Cmd MC Priswar Woods National Archives Reference FO 939/155 2° 29' 7" W WE V/1453/2 Laurencekirk 75 Working Camp, North Hill Camp, Laurence Kirk, Kincardineshire 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed. Now called North Hill Park housing estate Also added location coordinates

00 Rickarton Camp Kincardineshire 29Mar19 near Stonehaven Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Demolished and now houses. Camp number and location is not known

640 St Andrew's Hall Kirkudbrightshire NX 6735 4923 4 Woodland 05Mar19 St Mary's Isle 54° 49' 13" N St Mary’s Isle is a small peninsular to the south of Kirkcudbright. Kirkudbright 4° 3' 57" W The OS Aerial Map view shows no sign of the former PoW Camp. The coordinates NX 6735 4923 represent the centre of this small area. 27Mar19 Camp 640 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 148 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 62 Working Camp Lanarkshire NS 957 382 GWC Lt Col W A Thankerton 45 Thankerton Yes 2..3 12Mar19 The Moor Camp 55° 37' 34" N Scottish Cmd Rumsey Priswar Thankerton National Archives Reference FO 939/143 Thankerton 3° 39' 28" W WE V/1453/2 62 Working Camp, Moor Camp, Thankerton, Lanarkshire 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Base Camp. Destroyed- area now forested. And location data added 03Apr19 The OS and Google Satellite Tools show a defined compound. There may be huts and or bases of huts and buildings sitting on the old hut bases.

2 Woodhouse lee Camp Midlothian NT 2409 6452 4 Mixed 05Mar19 Milton Bridge 55° 52' 4" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 3° 12' 52" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/242803/woodhouselee-camp-2-german-working-camp NT 2409 6452 The OS Aerial Map view shows a small farm with no direct visual evidence of the former PoW Camp. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO PoW Site List identifies Base Camp 2 as Toft Hall in Cheshire and is not related to this camp. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed. The camp was located south east of Glencorse Barracks and was a German working camp. The site of the barracks was used as a Napoleonic PoW camp. cf #780

12 Donaldson's School Midlothian NT 2354 7338 Yes 1 Complex 05Mar19 15 West Coates 55° 56' 50" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found Edinburgh 3° 13' 33" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/52623/edinburgh-west-coates-donaldsons-school-for-the-deaf NT 2354 7338 This site is identified as currently being used as a school for the deaf. This site and buildings was also previously considered for use to house the Scottish parliament. The OS Aerial Map view shows the building to be a large structure with an inner court and set within its own grounds within Edinburgh 27Mar19 Camps 12 and 15 are not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that these camps closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: The school buildings were sold in 2007. News reports tell of German PoW artefacts having been found during earlier repairs, and of ex PoWs visiting the school quite frequently

105 Inchdrewer House Midlothian NT 2198 6922 GPC Companies Colinton Yes 1..3 See text 05Mar19 Administered 660, (Edinburgh) Colinton 55° 54' 35" N Scottish Cmd The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 661, 1013, 1024 88245/6 Edinburgh 3° 14' 58" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/142163/edinburgh-colinton-road-inchdrewer-house NT 2198 6922 The OS Aerial Map view shows the building in the Colinton Area of Edinburgh. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Now a residential care home.

Page 149 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 123 Dalmahey Camp Midlothian NT 1146 6508 GWC Major O Murry- Ratho 20 Edinburgh, 4 Residential 05Mar19 Kirknewton 55° 52' 14" N Scottish Cmd Lyon MC Prislab Edinburgh Waverley or The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found Princess Street Edinburgh 3° 24' 59" W WE V/1452/2 at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/91661/kirknewton-airfield-camp-123-german-working-camp NT 1146 6508 The OS Aerial Map view shows a small group of houses close to a former RAF airfield. There is no evidence as to the location of the former PoW camp on the aerial map views. The Canmore site states that the huts that comprised the site where removed with the houses being built on the site.

780 Milton Bridge Camp Midlothian NT 2049 6452 Rural 29Mar19 55° 52' 2" N Site added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 3° 16' 19" W Destroyed

16 Deer Park Camp Midlothian NT 3400 6840 G Wkg Coy WE V/1270/4 Dalkeith 2154 4 Rural 05Mar19 1013 Dalkeith 55° 54' 14" N Scottish Cmd Group The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 1024 3° 3' 25" W Administering 105 at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272630/dalkeith-deer-park-camps-1013-and-1024-german-working-camps NT 3400 6840 The OS Aerial Map view shows a Dalkeith Park with no visible indications of the former PoW Camp compounds or buildings at the coordinates given. There is through a brick building / water tower or boiler room or similar less than 200m to the South east of the given coordinates 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed. Now Dalkeith Country Park.

34 Warebank Camp Orkney ND 4780 9813 Previously 2 Mixed 05Mar19 Kirkwall KW17 2RT 58° 52' 2" N Visited The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 2° 54' 24" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/304493/warebanks-prisoner-of-war-camp-no-34 ND 47401 98230 On checking this site, the coordinates given are in correct by a few Km, the correct ones being below: HY 48801 00624 I have made a visit to a PoW Camp in Orkney that contains a preserved chapel constructed by Italian PoWs. Unless there is another camp listed in Orkney then this is the place that I went to 27Mar19 Camp 34 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Some remains left. Camp information from The Orcadian. Location up-dated From HY 4880 0062 To ND 4780 9813 30Jul19 The Pegasus Archive website identified PoW Camp 165 at Kirkwall in addition to PoW Camp 34

60 Lamb Holm Camp Orkney HY 4881 0061 2 Remains 29Mar19 Orkney 58° 53' 23" N Bases From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 2° 53' 23" W Chapel built by Italian prisoners survives. Camp and church information from The Orcadian RCAHMS entry, Camp 60

Page 150 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 00 Rockworks Camp Orkney HY 5380 1162 2 Remains 29Mar19 Rerwick Head 58° 59' 21" N Bases Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 2° 48' 20" W Destroyed Camp number is not known

3 Balhary Estate Camp Perthshire NO 2665 4645 GWC Lt Col D M M Gall Alyth 163/4 Alyth Junc LMS 4 Rural 05Mar19 63 Alyth 56° 36' 15" N Scottish Cmd MC Priswar Alyth The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found

3° 11' 47" W WE V/1453/2 at the site below: Note also spelled as Balbary https://canmore.org.uk/site/161685/balhary-camp-3 NO 2665 4645 The OS Aerial Map view shows empty fields with no sign of the former camp. National Archives Reference FO 939/144 63 Working Camp, Balhary Estate Camp, Alyth, Perthshire 27Mar19 Camp 3 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. However, Camp 63 is included within the Feb47 List. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed.

21 Cultybraggan Camp Perthshire NN 7685 1990 GWC Lt Col D E M Comrie 311 Comrie Yes 1 Preserved 05Mar19 242 Comrie 56° 21' 19" N Scottish Cmd Fielding OBE Priswar Comrie This is one of the more well know camps as it has been preserved and is open to the public. 3° 59' 40" W WE V/1453/2 This camp consisting of multiple Nissen huts that are still on the site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultybraggan_Camp https://canmore.org.uk/site/132666/cultybraggan-training-camp NN 7685 1990 The OS Aerial Map view shows Cultybraggan training / former PoW Cap with intact buildings and infers structure Note: This camp is very close to Camp 242 National Archives Reference FO 939/106 21 Working Camp, Comrie Camp, Comrie, Perth National Archives Reference FO 939/295 21 Working Camp, Comrie Camp, Comrie, Perth

66 Calvine Camp Perthshire NN 8180 6570 4 Rural 05Mar19 Blair Atholl 56° 46' 4" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 3° 56' 7" W at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272696/calvine-calvine-camp-camp-no66 NN 81800 65704 The OS Aerial Map view shows an empty field to the south of the A9 with a small housing estate and museum on the north side of the road. Whilst there are marks on the grass, they are indistinctive National Archives Reference FO 939/147 66 Working Camp, Calvine Camp, Blair Atholl, Perthshire 27Mar19 Camp 66 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

Page 151 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 233 Findo Gask Camp Perthshire NO 0190 2094 Rural 29Mar19 Dunning 56° 22' 13" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 3° 35' 23" W Destroyed Former wartime airfield.

64 Cowden Camp Perthshire NN 7760 2107 GWC Lt Col H H Millar Comrie 311 Comrie 4 Residential 05Mar19 Comrie 56° 21' 57" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Comrie The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and can be found 3° 58' 58" W WE V/1453/2 at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272695/comrie-cowden-camp-no-242 NN 7760 2107 The OS Aerial Map view shows a modern housing estate with no features, buildings or boundaries typical of a former PoW camp visible Note: This camp is very close to Camp 21 and 242 19Mar19 National Archives Reference FO 939/145 64 Working Camp, Cowden Camp, Comrie, Perthshire 27Mar19 (camp 64) It is to be noted that within the Feb47 FO List of PoW Camps that this entry for this camp has been struck through and replaced with the details entered the original camp being located at Castle Rankine 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed. Now Braco Rd housing estate.

274 Errol Airfield Perthshire NO 2720 2427 4 Former 05Mar19 Errol 56° 24' 18" N airfield The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and Wikipedia can 3° 10' 52" W be found at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/30473/errol-airfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Errol NO 27200 24270 It is to be noted however, that as per other firmer airfield sites the coordinates given are for the centre of the airfield. The PoW Camp may have been site in either Technical or Domestic Sites at the or remote from the airfield. Alternately the camp may have been a cage in the centre of the airfield. Without more accurate data the exact site of the PoW Camp cannot be determined. 27Mar19 Camp 274 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Former wartime airfield. Now an industrial estate.

00 Methven Airfield Perth & Kinross NO 055 255 4 Rural 29Mar19 / Loanleven 56° 24' 44" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 3° 31' 59" W Former wartime satellite airfield. Some buildings remain. Camp number is not known

Page 152 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 188 Johnstone Castle Camp Renfrewshire NS 4330 6240 4 Residential 05Mar19 Johnstone 55° 49' 45" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and Wikipedia can 4° 30' 11" W be found at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/273038/johnstone-castle-johnstone-castle-camp-german-working-camp-no-188 NS 4330 6240 The OS Aerial Map view shows as per the comments and information from Canmore that the site has been lost to post war housing development with no trace remaining in the aerial maps of the camp boundaries or structures. National Archives Reference FO 939/177 189 Working Camp, Marbury Hall Camp, Northwich, Cheshire. Also includes an inspector's report (by James Grant, dated 11 October 1946) for 188 Working Camp, Johnstone Castle Camp, Johnstone, Renfrewshire. 27Mar19 Camp 188 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Lost under modern housing development. Camp comprised of corrugated iron huts initially used for Polish soldiers. Possibly not PoW camp until end of war. See the Formative Years in Johnstone, near Clydebank, during War story on the BBC's People's War site.

625 Patterton Renfrewshire 29Mar19 Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Hut bases remain

660 Patterton Camp Renfrewshire NS 5390 5830 G W Coy Group Giffnock 4 Residential 05Mar19 Administering 105 Thornliebank 55° 47' 45" N Scottish Cmd The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore can be found at the (WO) Glasgow 4° 19' 55" W WE V/1270/4 site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/206287/glasgow-thornliebank-patterton-camp-no660 NS 5390 5830 The OS Aerial Map view shows that this camp has been lost to housing development and that nothing of the former camp remains visible in the aerial maps. National Archives Reference FO 939/188 660 Working Camp, Patterton Camp, Thornliebank, Glasgow 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Hut bases apparently survive there in 2007. See the responses this PoW Forum Enquiry 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, 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.

660 Deaconsbank Renfrewshire NS 537 05820 4 Residential 29Mar19 55° 47' 41" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 4° 20' 6" W Destroyed Also it is to be noted that the same data and that from else where identifies Camp 660 as Patterton as such this camp may have been a subcamp or hostel

Page 153 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 00 Hampden Park Football Renfrewshire 29Mar19 Stadium Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Glasgow. Scottish Command holding cage. Extant. Camp number and location is not known

109 Brahan Castle Ross-shire NH 5177 5541 GWC Lt Col K G Cononbridge 226 Dingwall Yes 2 Remaining 05Mar19 Dingwall 57° 33' 51" N Scottish Cmd O’Morchoe Priswar Buildings The site and information relating to the Castle and PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and 4° 28' 46" W WE V/1453/2 Cononbridge Wikipedia can be found at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/181643/brahan-camp-109-german-working-camp https://canmore.org.uk/site/12867/brahan-castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahan_Castle NH 5177 5541 The castle was demolished several years ago. The OS Aerial Map view shows the PoW Camp compound, huts and hut bases along with a number of more modern buildings on the old hut bases. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Was situated about four miles south west of Dingwall, north of Inverness on the east coast. The castle was built by the Mackenzies in the 17th century but was demolished in 1953. Originally built as a Training Camp for the Canadian Army, its timber huts housed first Italian, then German PoWs. A few buildings are reported to remain, but in poor condition. A nearby beech tree is said to have an Italian name followed by the letters PoW carved into it. Permission to visit the site must be requested from the owner, Brahan Estate, near Dingwall. Source

120 Sunlaws Camp Roxburghshire NT 7030 2971 GWC Lt Col J H C Lawlor Roxburgh 208 Kelso 4 Golf 05Mar19 Kelso 55° 33' 36" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Kelso Course Little data has been found thus far on this former PoW Camp. 2° 28' 20" W WE V/1453/2 However, there is a place called Sunlaws just off the A698 south of Kelso. In looking at this location on OS Map Aerial View there is no direct evidence of a former PoW Camp. However, Roxburgh Golf Course is located a couple of hundred meters east of Sunlaw Hill. It would seem logical that the PoW site was located at the on the golf course and that the sites was restored following the end of the war. The coordinates derived then are for the golf course: NT 7030 2971 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Work Camp. Now Roxburgh Hotel, Kelso.

Page 154 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 19 Happenden Camp South Lanarkshire NS 8527 3335 BC Lt Col H B M Douglas Lanark 251 Happenden LMS 4 See Aerial 05Mar19 via Carstairs map Douglas 55° 34' 48" N Scottish Cmd Groves MC Priswar Douglas The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and Wikipedia can Lanark Junction be found at the site below: 3° 49' 17" W WE V/202/4 https://canmore.org.uk/site/105471/happendon-camp NS 8527 3335 The Canmore site states that there was in fact a complex of three camps at Happenden. Looking at the maps and aerial images it is evident that the primary site may have been obliterated due to the construction of the M74 motor way. Furthermore, there are quarry and other works in the area It seems safe to state that the camps are now gone National Archives Reference FO 939/105 19 Base Camp, Happendon Camp, Douglas, Lanark 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed.

19 Douglas Castle South Lanarkshire NS 8377 3111 Yes 3 See Aerial 05Mar19 55° 33' 35" N map The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and Wikipedia can 3° 50' 39" W be found at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/297534/douglas-colonels-entry-gallow-knowe-military-camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Castle NS 83767 31106 The Castle was demolished in 1938 and a military camp was set un in the grounds of the castle at the start of the war. This camp latter became a PoW Camp and is within a couple of Km of Happenden Camp therefore it is assumed that this is or rather was one of the three camps stated in the data on Happenden. However, unlike the other sites the OS Map Aerial view of this site shows Hut bases around the given chordates. 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO List of PoE Camps details Camp 19 as Happenden Camp Douglas. This is close to this camp thus it is assumed that either one of the camps was moved at some point or more likely Douglas Castle is a subcamp or hostel as Happenden is included in the FO list. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed.

64 Castle Rankine Camp Stirlingshire NS 7930 8190 GWC Lt Col H H Millar Denny 311 Aarbart Yes 2..4 See Aerial 05Mar19 Denny 56° 0' 53" N Scottish Cmd Priswar Denny map The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore and Wikipedia can 3° 56' 15" W WE V/1453/2 be found at the site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272697/castle-rankine-german-working-camp-camp-no64 NS 7930 8190 The Canmore site says that the site of the former PoW camp is or was occupied by a pig farm. The Aerial view of the given coordinates shows an empty field with a near by small oval race track with no visual evidence of the former camp. Having stated the above there are places close to the given coordinates that appear to be former military buildings These locations have been annotated on the saved copy of the map aerial view. 27Mar19 It is to be noted that Camp 64 on the Feb47 FO List of PoW Camps has the entry for this camp struck through and the name amended to read Cowden… 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed, only one ablutions hut remains.

Page 155 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 559 Abbeycraig Park Stirlingshire NS 8086 9575 Yes 4 Woodland 05Mar19 Causeway Head 56° 8' 22" N Abbey Craig is the location of the Wallace Monument with the former PoW Site having been located on the North West Stirling 3° 55' 7" W of the base of the hill. Having said that the location given of NS 8086 9575 is to be regarded as tentative. However, given the presence of the monument it is a good site to visit if I am able to walk at the time The OS Map Aerial views of the site do not show any signs of the former PoW camp 27Mar19 Camp 559 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Now a private residence.

593 Rob Roy Camp Stirlingshire NN 5315 0015 3 Commercia 29Mar19 Aberfoyle 56° 10' 16" N l Site added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 4° 22' 0" W Now Rob Roy Motel

596 East Deanston Stirlingshire NN 7139 0142 Residential 29Mar19 Doune 56° 11' 16" N Site added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 4° 4' 26" W Actually Deanston House, Deanston. Now a nursing home. Italian graffiti could still be seen carved into trees in the grounds in the 1980s.

641 Earls Cross House Camp Sutherland NH 8036 9023 4 05Mar19 Dornoch 57° 53' 7" N The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore can be found at the 4° 1' 9" W site below: https://canmore.org.uk/site/272676/dornoch-earls-cross-house-german-working-camp-no-641 NH 8036 9023 The OS Map Aerial view shows a housing estate on the edge of a golf course at the given coordinates. There is no indication as the presence of the former PoW Camp 27Mar19 Camp 641 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

00 Kirkton camp Sutherland 29Mar19 Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: former RAF station The Northern Times, Mr D Stewart, 7 Moray Drive, Balloch, Inverness. April 10, 2008. Sir – Further to your previous correspondence regarding the RAF camp at Kirkton Farm, after the RAF left Kirkton the camp lay empty for a short period and then became a prisoner of war camp for Italian POWs. After that, German POWs occupied the camp and many of them worked on farms in the area. Several of the German POWs remained in the area after the war, in fact the entire Golspie football team half back line were former POWs, namely Arnold, Bruno and Gustav. Arnold and Bruno eventually returned home but Gustav married a Golspie lass, Chrissie Macdonald. Sadly Chrissie and Gustav are deceased, but their children live in Golspie. Camp number and location is not known

Page 156 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 113 Holm Park Camp Wigtownshire NX 4154 6558 GWC Lt Col J D Vans- Newton Stewart Newton Stewart Yes 2..3 05Mar19 Newton Stewart 54° 57' 34" N Scottish Cmd Agnew 215/6 The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is given by the Scottish History website Canmore can be found at the 4° 28' 35" W WE V/1453/2 Priswar Newton site below: Stewart https://canmore.org.uk/site/180286/newton-stewart-minnigaff-creebridge-camp-no-113 NX 4154 6558 The OS Map Aerial view shows a holiday / caravan park at the site of the former PoW Camp. It would appear that the holiday park has been built within the bounds of the former PoW Site. However, unlike many other sites where the caravans and huts have been sited directly on the old bases, or in a sweep or curse, this place is different. What appear to be residential caravans are shown straddling the bases of the former PoW huts 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Destroyed.

571 ST2, Stranraer Wigtownshire NX 0725 6072 Yes 4 05Mar19 54° 54' 14" N Stranraer contained at least three military camps during WWII. 5° 0' 28" W Camp No 571 is believed to be also known as Ladies Walk and as such is / was located at: NX 0725 6072 Additional information can be found at the Scottish History website Canmore: https://canmore.org.uk/site/279894/stranraer-ladies-walk-accommodation-camp The OS Map Aerial view for this location shows that this site has been cleared and is now the sports field of Stranraer Academy. 27Mar19 Camp 571 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 29Mar19 From Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Possibly Ladies Walk Camp, London Rd. Also see Sheuchan School, Stranraer. Destroyed.

661 Leffnoll Camp Wigtownshire NX 0795 6607 G W Coy Group Chairnryan 288 Ext Yes 3 05Mar19 Administering 105 13 Sub Ext 8 Cairnryan 54° 57' 7" N Scottish Cmd The site and information relating to this PoW Camp is taken initially from Secret Scotland: (WO) Stranraer 5° 0' 2" W WE V/1270/4 http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/PoWCampSummaryWWII Although the above site provides little other than the coordinates of this can it is enough for an initial evaluation. On inspecting the coordinates using OS Map Aerial view it is apparent that this is a former site of the correct size and shape of a PoW Camp. The site has a clearly defined boundary and the bases of the huts are still visible.

00 Sheuchan School Wigtownshire 29Mar19 Stranraer Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: closed 1938, ARP stores during the war, then PoW transit camp. Destroyed. See Camp 571 Camp number and location is not known

00 Culreoch Camp Wigtownshire NX 0691 5829 4 Rural 29Mar19 Stranraer 54° 52' 55" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 5° 0' 41" W Housed Italians postwar. Former AA battery astride A71. RCAHMS entry, Culreoch AA battery Camp number and location is not known

00 Leucahtsbeath Cottages NT 1637 9277 29Mar19 Cowdenbeath 56° 7' 13" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 3° 20' 48" W Possibly former Bevin Boy camp. Destroyed Camp number is not known Page 157 of 174

Table 4 Scotland

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 00 Stobs Camp NT 4992 0943 3 Hut bases 29Mar19 Hawick 55° 22' 34" N remain Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Borders 2° 47' 30" W Destroyed Camp number is not known

00 Leet Water NT 8360 3970 4 Golf 29Mar19 Coldstream 55° 39' 1" N Course Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: Borders 2° 15' 43" W Destroyed, now a golf course. Camp number is not known

00 Duff House NJ 6906 6331 4 Golf 29Mar19 Banff 57° 39' 31" N Course Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 2° 31' 12" W Destroyed, now Duff House Royal Golf Course Camp number is not known

00 Golf Rd NH 7997 8951 4 Residential 29Mar19 Dornoch 57° 52' 43" N Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 4° 1' 32" W Destroyed. Possibly associated with Camp 641 Earl's Cross Camp number is not known

00 Maidens NS 216 078 3 Caravan 29Mar19 Kirkoswald camp 55° 19' 54" N Site Sited added from Secret Scotland Website, PoW Camp Summary WWII: 4° 48' 50" W Now Redgates caravan park, Kirkoswald Rd, Maidens Camp number is not known

Page 158 of 174

8 PoW Camps in Wales Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 32 Anglesey Anglesey SH 3824 7689 4 Quarry 07Mar19 53° 15' 51" N The UK Military Family’s History Website gives the location of this site as at what is now a quarry called Caer Glaw in 4° 25' 36" W Gwalchmai on the Isle of Anglesey The OS Map Aerial view shows the quarry but there are no signs of the former camp. However, the OS Map show a disused camp to the east as well as Mona Airfield. Coordinates set from the centre of the quarry at SH 38240 76890, although the disused camp and airfield should also be checked on any visit These and other features have been marked on the saved aerial view amp 27Mar19 The Feb47 FO list of PoW Camps identifies Camp 32 GCW as being in London.

234 Talgarth Hospital Breconshire SO 1634 3314 Hospital WE Administered Military Registrar Visited 2 Hospital 07Mar19 by No 99 Talgarth 79780 Talgarth 51° 59' 25" N Welsh Cmd 09May19 This hospital is a former Lunatic Asylum and closed in 1999. 3° 13' 11" W Its location is given as:

< Location > 51.9904°N 3.2198°W < Verified > SO 16338 33141 The OS Map Aerial view shows the hospital buildings 27Mar19 Camp 234 is included within the FO Camp list but at the back of the list and does not include the number 09May19 This former mental hospital was closed some years ago. The site is now boarded up with keep out signs, fencing, CCTV and Police Active at the site notices. This has not stopped a considerable amount of vandalism, smashed windows and section of walls and roofs missing. I did NOT attempt any form of entry into the site itself as it is in an unsafe condition. Rather, I just took a series of photographs with a DSLR Camera. I was not able to take any drone images owing to heavy rain. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5216 to 5279 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p208173510

697 Royal Artillery Practice Camp Breconshire SN 9197 2900 G W Coy Group Sennybridge 61 Ext Yes 4 Military 07Mar19 Sennybridge Pembrokeshire 51° 56' 56" N Welsh Cmd Administering 26 Sennybridge is an active military range and is made of multiple sites and barracks in addition to the firing ranges 29(WO) 3° 34' 23" W themselves. Without accurate data it is not possible to say where the PoW Camp was, therefore, the coordinates given below are for the main barracks area of the camp: SN 9197 2900 National Archives Reference FO 939/326 697 Working Camp, Sennybridge Camp, Tremorgan, Pembrokeshire 13Apr19 – Letter I have sent out a formal letter to Officer Commanding requesting access to the camp in order to take photos for thos project. I have yet to get a reply

Page 159 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 119 Pabo Hall Camp Caernarvonshire SH 8092 7885 GCW Major H CA Degany 831188 and Llandudno Yes 2..3 Farm 07Mar19 Llandudno Junction (Gwynedd) 53° 17' 35" N Welsh Cmd Edwards 83295 Junction LMS Poss. The Geograph website contains an entry on Pabo Hall that identifies the site as a PoW Camp as well as specifying its 3° 47' 16" W We V/1452/2 Priswar Conway Surviving location: Buildings https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2764748 SH 8092 7885 The OS Map aerial view shows the farm and to the east of the given coordinates there are a number of sheds or barns and the bases for other buildings of the same size. There are also other compounds in the area that should be investigated if a site visit is made. These locations are annotated on the saved Map Aerial views. National Archives Reference WO 166/16295 119 Prisoner of War Camp Pabo Hall (Llandudno). 101 Italian Labour Battalion, among other prisoners National Archives Reference WO 166/17822 119 Prisoner of War Camp at Pabo Hall (Llandudno). Italian and German prisoners. Escape attempt 23 March 1945

00 Peniarth Prisoner of War SH 6118 0601 Yes 1..3 Surviving 07Mar19 Camp 52° 38' 2" N Huts The Coflein welsh government history website identifies this former PoW Site and location: 4° 3' 9" W https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/409473/details/peniarth-prisoner-of-war-camp SH 6118 0601 Coflein describes the site as: Site Description World War 2 camp for prisoners of war, consisting of several huts to the North of Peniarth house (nprn:- 28633) and recorded by RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance 2nd June, 2009. The OS Map Aerial view clearly shows a series of Nissen and other huts at the location given and is labelled as Bryn Gwyn

Page 160 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 70 Henllan Bridge Camp Cardiganshire SN 3565 4022 GCW Lt Col E C Barton Llandyssul 105 Henllan Visited 1 Surviving 07Mar19 MC Cardiganshire Henllan 52° 2' 9" N Welsh Cmd Priswar Henllan 07May19 Huts This site is similar to one in Scotland in that it was used to hold Italian PoWs who converted one of the buildings into a Llandyssul 4° 23' 50" W WE V/1453/2 Cardiganshire chapel. Details of the chapel and its location including how to get access are to be found below: https://www.youmanity.today/en/latests/the-italian-chapel-of-henllan.html https://seearoundbritain.com/venues/henllan-prison-of-war-camp-open-by-prior-appointment-free-entry The Coflein welsh government history website identifies this former PoW Site and location: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/419278/details/henllan-bridge-prisoner-of-war-camp-henllanhenllan-pow-camp SN 3565 4022 On examining the site using OS Map aerial view it is obvious that large parts of the site are intact with several huts in existence and the bases of other huts visible on the ground. National Archives Reference FO 939/151 70 Working Camp, Henllan Bridge Camp, Llandyssul, Cardiganshire 07May19 This is one of the best-preserved sites I have visited thus far. The Camp is located adjacent to the road with on surviving fences or gates. However, the majority of the huts and brick structures have survived. Various huts are used for very light industry and parts of the site are used to house a small number of caravans with evidence in the form of Labelled Ladies and Gentlemen Ablutions on some of the huts that the site at one point housed more caravans and or rented huts out as accommodation. What appears to be a central mess hall is used as a large house by the site owners how gave me permission to photograph the site using a DSLR as well as a Drone. The external appearance of the huts has been retained with some huts though having had windows removed and others replaced. One or two huts where overgrown but the site owners are tacking active and expensive steps to try and preserve the site. Of note is the site Chapel. This building is in need or preservation and restoration, to this end the site owners have encased the building within another outer shelter in order to prevent further deterioration All in all a well-preserved site run by people that care. In addition, to the main PoW site a large octagonal pillbox is to be found in the woods on the site of the camp. On leaving the site I noticed a second large octagonal pillbox on the opposite side of the road. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4675 to 4896 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p487055964 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4806 to 4896 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p493014527

Page 161 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 102 Llanddarog Camp Carmarthenshire SN 4938 1625 GCW Lt Col T C L Carmarthen 7412 & 3 Carmarthen Visited 4 Rural This PoW camp is identified in the Dyfed Archaeological Trust report: Radwood Llanddarog 51° 49' 28" N Welsh Cmd Priswar Porthyrhyd 06May19 Twentieth Century Military Sites: Second World War and later Camps and Ranges 4° 11' 12" W WE V/1453/2 This document can be found at:

< Location > http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/campsandrangescarm.pdf < Verified > The report identifies the camp as being at: SN 49378 16252 The OS Map Aerial view for this location shows an empty field with no indications of the former PoW Camp. 06May19 This was my 1st former PoW Site that I visited in Wales as part of this project. This site matched the basic research and predictions from the research and viewing Google and OS Map and Satellite View. I am happy that this site has been correctly located despite the fact that there are no visible indication present at this location that point to the former PoW Site being here. The site as it exists today is a field on a hill side which judging by the evidence is used to graze cattle. This field is approached via small farm track with the site of the former PoW Camp on one side of the track. The opposite side of the farm trach and downhill is a water treatment works. This water treatment site is by all appearances is old and is fenced using government standard concrete fence posts. Whilst there is no direct evidence as to the PoW Site it is speculated is that the Water Treatment Site was located where it was owing to the presence of the former PoW Camp. Alternately, the Water Treatment Site may have been built where it was because of the PoW Camp. Photos taken with both a DSLR and a Drone. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4025 to 4133 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p763320412 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4045 to 4133 (Drone) https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p456931814

Page 162 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 199 Ystrad Camp Carmarthenshire SN 3889 1908 Visited 4 Mixed 07Mar19 Carmarthen 51° 50' 49" N 06May19 This PoW camp is identified in the Dyfed Archaeological Trust report: 4° 20' 25" W Twentieth Century Military Sites: Second World War and later Camps and Ranges

< +/- 250m > The OS Map Aerial view for this location shows an empty field, scrub land and trees with no indications of the former PoW Camp 28Mar19 Camp 571 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 06May19 This camp is within30 minutes’ drive from Haverfordwest which is also numbered as PoW Camp 199. It is probable that one location was closed and the PoW’s and camp was moved between the two locations. However, this is just informed speculation and no data exists to support it. Likewise no data has yet been located to identify which Camp 199 was the 1st and which the 2nd? On visiting the site I discovered that this former PoW Camp was in what is now Cillefwr Industrial Estate and or in the woods to the south. The industrial estate contains a mixture of very new modern buildings along with some older but post war ones. The research data places the former PoW Camp within the woods. However, these woods are bounded on one side by a train line with the Industrial estate on the opposite side and a footpath through the industrial estate to get to the woods. But there is no direct access from the footpath into the woods. I suspect that the PoW camp may in fact have been located within the Industrial Estate, but there no definitive visual clues on the site as to the exact location of the former PoW Camp. There are though several concrete fence posts around the area. Given the locational data and having seen the site, I believe that this would be an ideal site where by the location can be verified by an examination of 1945 areal maps. Give that there is some ambiguity about the sites location I used both a DSLR and a Drone to photograph this location Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4183 to 42955 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p909484535 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4221 to 4295 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p512079708

Page 163 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 252 Abergwili Hospital Carmarthenshire SN 4286 2130 Hospital Major V G Carmarthen 7433 Carmarthen Visited 3 Hospital 07Mar19 Mathews Abergwili 51° 52' 5" N WE V/1395/2 Priswar Abergwili 06May19 This PoW camp is identified in the Dyfed Archaeological Trust report: Carmarthen 4° 17' 1" W Twentieth Century Military Sites: Second World War and later Camps and Ranges The OS Map Aerial view for this location shows Glangwili General Hospital. < Location > Visually the map view seems to show a large hospital complex with a linked up multiple main buildings along with other < Verified > buildings on site. Looking at Google Street view the building looks post war but may contain the original older building on the site 06May19 As anticipated this site now contains NHS Glangwili General Hospital. There appears to be no evidence, indication, or link between the NHS Hospital of today with any hospital or WWII buildings at this location. Visual inspection of the site is that it is of post war construction with the main buildings appearing to have been built in the 1950’s or 60’s. The main buildings on the site are in a very poor state of repair. In addition to the main hospital buildings there are several PreFab buildings to the rear of the hospital with work being carried out to add further PreFab buildings to this site. The usage of the PreFab buildings in themselves echo back to the sites past in the form and structure of the buildings being used. One observation is that there is an Industrial Estate Ystad Ddiw Cillefwr to the North of the hospital. It is possible that the PoW Camp may be associated with that Industrial Estate with the PoWs being held within secure accommodation there whilst being treated at the hospital. The industrial estate was enclosed by outer fence and internal compounds comprising government type concrete fence posts – Speculation; could a PoW hospital in PreFab builds since demolished have been located at the Industrial Estate and PoW’s treated there and not inside the actual hospital? Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4480 to 4182 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p923996746

00 Dinefwr Park Carmarthenshire SN 6161 2242 Yes 3 Stately 07Mar19 Llandeilo 51° 52' 59" N Home & This PoW camp is identified in the Dyfed Archaeological Trust report: Park 4° 0' 43" W Twentieth Century Military Sites: Second World War and later Camps and Ranges The Coflein welsh government history website identifies this former PoW Site and location: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/421758/details/dinefor-park-ww2-military-campdinefwr-park-prisoner-of-war- camp SN 6167 2238 Okay this is an odd one in that we have the name of the site but not its number. The OS Map Aerial view shows Dynevor / Dinefwr Park and Newton House. There is very clear evidence in the park lawns at the coordinates given for military huts.

00 Treglog Prisoner Of War Carmarthenshire SN 5954 3502 4 Rural 07Mar19 Camp 51° 59' 44" N Coflein the welsh history site gives data and the location of this site: 4° 2' 50" W https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/421298/details/prisoner-of-war-camp-treglog SN 5954 3502 Whilst the Coflein site contains links to a number of other links it does not provide any detail of the camp its self. The OS Map Aerial view and tools show what may be a farm building with a couple of other buildings nearby but does not show any thing consistent with a former PoW camp.

Page 164 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 38 Pool Park Camp Denbighshire SJ 1045 5648 GCW Lt Col E J Ruthin 271 Ruthin LMS Yes 2..3 Rural 07Mar19 Ruthin 53° 5' 52" N Welsh Cmd O’Connor OBE MC Priswar Ruthin Poss. Pool Park is a former Hospital and is over flow for Denbigh Asylum and is now abandoned and derelict according an 3° 20' 19" W WE V/1453/2 Surviving urban explore website: Building https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/pool-park-hospital-ruthin-august-2018.114341/ Coflein the welsh history site gives data and the location of this site: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/404009/details/pool-park-prisoner-of-war-camp-efenechtyd-ruthin SJ 1045 5648 The OS Map Aerial view shows an empty strip of land with minim if any markings as to the presence of a former PoW Camp. National Archives Reference FO 939/120 38 Working Camp, Pool Park Camp, Ruthin, Denbighshire National Archives Reference WO 166/16294 38 Prisoner of War Camp Ruthin (Wales). Many Italians. Refusal to work

1014 Ordnance Storage Depot Flintshire SJ 3403 6733 G Wkg Coy Group Hawarden 2288 4 Car storage 07Mar19 (O.S.D.) 53° 11' 56" N Welsh Cmd Administering 23 at coord Queensferry Flintshire is where RAF Sealand is located. Queensferry 2° 59' 20" W WE V/1270/4 This unit was the MoD main base for the in-depth service and repair of electronic equipment In addition to RAF Sealand the Broughton Aircraft Factory used to build Airbus Wings and just to the north west of Broughton is the Sandycroft Ordnance Factory. The Coordinates derived are thus those of the ordnance factory: SJ 3403 6733 It is to be notes though that the Geneva Convention and Protocols as well as common sense would prohibit PoW from working on munitions. The OS Map Aerial views do not show any evidence as to the presence or location of the former PoW Camp as such more information is needed to locate this site

Page 165 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 11 Island Farm Camp Glamorganshire SS 899 784 GCW Major D B Tophar Bridgend 541 Bridgend Visited 2 07Mar19 198 Bridgend 51° 29' 37" N Welsh Cmd Priswar Bridgend 08May19 Coflein the welsh history site gives data and the location of this site: 3° 35' 14" W WE V/202/4 https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/31802/details/island-farm-camp-bridgend

< Location > SS 899 784 < Verified > https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/31803/details/island-farm-camp-hut-9-bridgend SS 9003 7848 This camp is perhaps the most well know camp in wales owing to it being the site of a large PoW escape. The OS Map Aerial view shows the site of the former camp with the second coordinate set being directly on Nut Nine from where the PoW Escape was from National Archive Reference FO 939/97 11 Officers Camp, Island Farm Camp, Bridgend, Glamorgan 28Mar19 Camp 198 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. However, Camp 11 is included with the FO list as an open camp 08May19 I initially had difficulty finding an access route into this site until I spotted an old gateway and a barred entrance way into woodland. On entering the woodlands I came across a very large very tall and modern secure compound. A very large Military prefab building plus a small watch tower were located within the secure compound. The PoW Hut has been preserved in what may amount to a private museum. There were no notices on any of the fencing or gates as to who to contact in order to gain admission to the site. Being unable to enter the site of the former PoW Camp I took several photos from outside using a DSLR and then a series of images using a drone. On leaving the woodland I came across a post war building resembling an old Telephone exchange with several social media signs but no names, address or phone numbers as to who to contact. The signs said or implied that the brick building belonged to a preservation society dedicated to preserving the PoW Camp Hut already seen, this hut being the sight of an attempted escape. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5115 to 5170 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p41037298 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5120 to 5162Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p65880197

284 Abbey Road Camp Glamorganshire SS 7366 9779 GCW Major F H Mann Neath 922 4 Rural 07Mar19 Neath 51° 39' 52" N Welsh Cmd Priswar Neath Woodland It has not been possible to definitively locate this former PoW Camp. 3° 49' 41" W WE V/1542/2 However, a modern camp site along Penyard Road Neath Abbey has been located at SS 7366 9779. This is located approximately 200m north of Neath Abbey and is the most probable site of a camp until more exacting information can be found.

284 Swanbridge Glamorganshire ST 1665 6756 Yes 3..4 Caravan / 07Mar19 Sully 51° 24' 3" N Holiday Park It has not been possible to definitively locate the site of this former PoW Camp. 3° 11' 58" W However, using OS Map View a modern camp site is to be found on the mainland directly opposite Sully Island Swanbridge in Glamorganshire. This camp site is located at ST 1665 6756 It is highly probable that this is in fact the site of the former camp, but confirmatory information is needed 28Mar19 The Feb47 FO List of PoW Camps identifies Camp 284 as Abbey Road. This camp is close therefore it may have at some time moved from Swanbridge to Abbey Road. Alternative it may be a subcamp or hostel of Abbey Road

Page 166 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 408 Penclawdd Glamorganshire SS 5473 9600 Visited 3..4 Coastal 07Mar19 Swansea 51° 38' 38" N 08May19 It has not been possible to definitively locate the site of this former PoW Camp. 4° 6' 3" W However, using OS Map View two possible locations have been identified along the coastline. One site contains a regular shaped compound and the other site contains Nissen Huts The coordinates: SS 54734 96000 represent the location of the compound with the other site being marked on the saved OS Aerial Map view. 28Mar19 Camp 408 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 08May19 This site is located in fields adjacent to mudflats and coat line of Caenfyrddin Bay. The site is reached from the sea front car park via path that takes you past a play park for young children. The buildings within the former PoW Camp have been removed. The fencing and gates to the camp remain and have been maintained such that the site of the former PoW is still a secure compound. However, it looks like the site is now used for horses in place of PoWs. I also noted that parts of the fencing were overgrown it remains secure. Also there was no notice, information or details of who owned the site or a means to contact the owners. Being unable to gain access and being unable to determine the landowner the photos taken where limited to DSLR shots taken of the outside of the site, plus drone shots from above the site. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4975 – 5114 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p168044520 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5015 – 5085 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p505229093

29 Claremont Monmouthshire SO 298 142 GPC Companies Abergavenny 176 & Yes 1 Residential 07Mar19 Abergavenny 51° 49' 19" N Welsh Cmd Administered 677, 510 There is no Claremont as an area of or within Abergavenny. 686, 697 3° 1' 11" W However, there is a Claremont House located on Neville Street at SO 298 142. There is another possible location as Claremont Hall on Monmouth Road Therefore, until more information for this camp is obtained then it is highly probable that this building is the former PoW Camp. Both locations are shown on the saved OS Map Aerial View

118 Mardy Camp Monmouthshire SO 3056 1634 GCW Lt Col A E Tawney Abergavenny 556 ^ 7 Abergavenny Yes 3..4 Rural 07Mar19 Abergavenny (Gwent) 51° 50' 28" N Welsh Cmd MC Priswar Abergavenny GWR Wikipedia states the following 3° 0' 33" W WE V/1543/2 When the old Llantilio Pertholey Junior and infants mixed school was closed a new one was opened adjacent to the Mardy World War II camp but retained the name Llantilio Pertholey School. Whilst there is no direct evidence thus far as to the location of the PoW Camp the location of the school is known. Using the OS Map Aerial View it appear that the field to the north and adjacent to the school is the location of the PoW Camp. There are fields to the North and West of the school and housing to the east and south. The field to the north contains what may be faint marks whilst the field to the west contains some buildings that appear to belong to a farm that are similar to PoW Huts.

184 Llanmartin Camp Monmouthshire ST 3860 8906 GCW Lt Col E C H Clarke Newport 71219 Magor Yes 4 Residential 07Mar19 (Gwent) MC Magor 51° 35' 49" N Welsh Cmd Priswar Magor The Wikipedia entry for Llanmartin, states the following: 2° 53' 16" W WE V/202/4 The Underwood Estate was originally developed from the former World War II Prisoner-of-war camp after the war, in the late 1940s. A few examples of the surviving former PoW huts were visible until the early 1990s, when they were demolished. The original huts stood as early community buildings. In the early 1980s several huts and a water tower were also visible on the now Waltwood Park Drive area, this area belonged to the General Post Office and was used to house old telecommunications equipment until it was sold and demolished by British Telecom who took over the site when the organisation was privatised in the early 1980s. The land was subsequently sold to Westbury homes who built the Waltwood Park Drive Development of around 220 houses on the land. Given the above the site of this former camp has been located. However, the OS Map aerial view shows as expected that the site whilst defined within a large boundary has been subsumed by the housing development

Page 167 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 197 The Mount Monmouthshire ST 5291 9406 Yes 1 School 07Mar19 Chepstow (Gwent) 51° 38' 36" N The Mount in Chepstow is identified as a listed building by the UK Listed Building site at ST 5291 9406. 2° 40' 54" W This building is still in existence and is a hundred meters from the Dell Primary school and Chepstow Castle. 28Mar19 Camp 197 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

200 Llanover Park Camp Monmouthshire SO 3124 0929 BC Lt Col P L Abergavenny Nantyderry Visited 3 Rural 07Mar19 (Gwent) Crimwood MC TD 560/1/2 Llanover 51° 46' 40" N Welsh Cmd 08May19 Llanover Park is a stately home in Monmouthshire. Abergavenny 2° 59' 53" W WE V/202/4 Priswar Llanover Like other such sites there is title or no trace of any former PoW Camp as it was probably removed, and the grounds of the park restored post war. Having said the above there is field to the north of the park and directly east and adjacent to the main building. This field is of the correct size and shows clear evidence of the presence of a number or buildings consistent with PoW Huts. This camp has thus been located at SO 3124 0929. 08May19 As anticipated prior to visiting the site this location is now simply a large empty field used to graze cattle. At the time of my visit there was no cattle in this field and there were no traces or indications of the PoW Camp in the field. Due to heavy rain only a small number of photographs were taken. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5171 to 5205 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p43707765

677 New Inn Camp Monmouthshire ST 300 999 G W Coy Group Griffithstown 115 Visited 3..4 Commercial 07Mar19 Administering 29 Pontypool (Gwent) 51° 41' 36" N Welsh Cmd 08May19 Wikipedia identifies New Inn as a village south east of Pontypool. (WO) 3° 0' 50" W WE V/1270/4 The Wikipedia entry for the Polo Grounds within New Inn states it was used as PoW Camp 677 and gives the location as Unable to 51°41′29″N 3°0′49″W confirm location https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Grounds,_New_Inn The OS Aerial view of the location given which maps to ST 300 999 is now a large industrial estate within New Inn and is of the correct size and shape. Thus, this camp has been located. 08May19 This location was visited on the 8th of May 2019 during a heavy rainstorm. No images where taken due to the rain, also as per a similar site visited on the 6th this location consists of large Industrial Estate next to woods. Neither the woods or industrial estates in their own right is the correct size and shape consistent with that of other PoW Sites. Additionally, the access to the site from the main A road is restricted. Having said the above one of the units within the very large estates was seen to have a number of Government type concrete type fence posts. If this small subunit was the PoW Camp, its location within the middle part of the estate is odd. Conclusion – confirmation is needed as to the actual location of this former PoW camp and a resist is needed during better weather. >> No Photos Taken <<

Page 168 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 101 Glandulas Camp Montgomeryshire SO 0908 9018 GWC Major F H Beastall Newton 445 Newton Visited 3 Commercial 07Mar19 (Powys) Newtown 52° 30' 6" N Welsh Cmd Priswar Newtown 09May19 Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust website at the link below identifies this PoW and puts it location as SO 0908 9018: 3° 20' 27" W WE V/1452/2 Mont https://archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=CPAT85786&dbname=cpat&tbname=core

< Location > The OS Map Aerial view tool shows this former PoW Camp as industrial estate with other industrial and residential sites < Verified > and a caravan park close by. This site although located like many others has been lost to post war development. 09May19 This site is now a large builders merchant site inside a large industrial estate The site owners when I arrived said that the place was closed for business as they where in the process or reorganising and restocking. Having given me permission to take several photos around the site they told me that the bases of a number of Nissen Huts were to be found on the site. They also said that the Larger Versions of the Nissen Huts to be found on the site had been put up after the end of the War – this shows the simple f portability and usefulness of such of buildings. In a way I was lucky that the site was being cleared up as it where in that it was possible to see the Nissen Hut bases as they appear to have been used as hard standing for stock within the yard. Although it was raining ii was able to take several photographs with both a DSLR and Drone Cameras. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5298 to 5418 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p279086291 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5344 to 5418 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p147021574

199 Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire SM 9338 1544 Visited 4 Residential 07Mar19 51° 47' 57" N 06May19 Dyfed Archaeological Trust identifies this as a former PoW camp site in there report at: 4° 59' 52" W http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/campsandrangespreseli.pdf

< +/- 250m > The report gives the location as SM 9338 1544. The report states that this camp has been lost to redevelopment. OS Map and Aerial view places this camp as a series of house alongside the B4341 road. However, directly on the opposite side of the road the OS Maps identify a disused racecourse. It is equally possible that the former site is located on the racecourse or housing development or even both. 28Mar19 Camp 199 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47. 06Ma619 I visited this site to find what amounted to a residential road on the outskirts of Haverford West some 200m from the City / Town boundary. There was housing on both sides of the road of Post WWII but decidedly not modern dating at a guess to the 1960’s. There was a commercial building a contract laundry with a new house built close to the laundry on or about the given coordinates. There was no viable evidence as the sites being previously occupied by a former PoW Camp. This and the lack of other data sources means that it is no possible to state definitively that the former PoW Camp was at this location. With this site not being associated directly to other military based sites to date it should be possible to confirm the location by the usage of original aerial images taken just before or after the end of WWII. However, a minor note in that there was a symbolic link in as much as the new house being built was protected by a high fence. I took several photos using both a DSLR and a Drone. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4299 to 4380 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p391921677 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4314 to 4380 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p241277508

Page 169 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 00 Letterston PoW Camp Pembrokeshire SM 9332 3027 Visited 3 Rural 07Mar19 Bwlch-Y-Defaid 51° 55' 56" N 07May19 Dyfed Archaeological Trust identifies this as a former PoW camp site in there report at: 5° 0' 27" W http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/campsandrangespreseli.pdf The report gives the location as SM 9332 3027 < Location > The report also states that this was a small camp consisting as it did of 8 huts or which the report says that seven has < Verified > been demolished. The OS Map aerial view shows a small field some scrub land and a few buildings. It is possible that one of the buildings may be a former PoW hut Visited 07May19 On driving through Letterston I noticed a small bungalow with two Nissen Huts in the garden and appear to be used a car garage and or storage. Just down the road there where two or three very large PreFab huts as used during and after WWII by the military for accommodation and storage as well as being used to accommodate PoWs within a PoW Camp. I meet the site owner and discussed the history of the site and huts. This site where the huts are currently located is that of a former train station and that the site had been effectively cleared following the closure of the train station itself. He was not able to give me any history on the prefab huts as erected on the site. However, these PreFab huts and the nearby Nissen Huts are a perfect example as to what happened post war. With the closure of the PoW and Army Camps where PreFab building where used, these where often sold to local people and business. Having been sold the buildings would then be removed from the military site to a new location and re-erected. The military site was then left with the fencing, building bases and a few concrete and brick buildings. Whilst the buildings are not connected to the actual PoW located less than a mile away I am including these images within the project as an example of the relocation and reuse of such prefab buildings. As to the actual former PoW Sub Camp it was located just outside of the village and I now the site of a large private house. On talking to the home owner an elderly lady she confirmed that yes it was site of a PoW Subcamp and told me that the original site had 5 or 6 prefab huts. She said following the release of the site t was initially used as a car maintainer garage including the digging of a large fuel tank. Later on her family took back the site cleared it and built their bungalow with some fantastic views over the hillside. Although the site now contains a house and the Nissen Huts have been removed two of the concrete hut bases remain, one to the immediate rear of the house and one a few 10’s of yards in front and to the side of the house. Photos were taken with both a DSLR and Drone Cameras. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4491 - 4572 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p342372902 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4529 – 4548 Drone Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4561 – 4572 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/f692037591

Page 170 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 00 Eglwyswrw PoW Camp Pembrokeshire SN 1412 3920 Visited 3 Rural 07Mar19 52° 1' 11" N 07May19 Dyfed Archaeological Trust identifies this as a former PoW camp site in there report at: 4° 42' 37" W http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/campsandrangespreseli.pdf The report gives the location as SN 1412 3920. < Location > The report states that this camp is associated with the former RAF Hayscastle and was a former Women’s Land Army < Verified > Hostel. The OS Map and Aerial View tools identify the site as Ael Y Bryn ad it consists of a large building with wings 07May19 This former PoW Subsite is a near clone of the Greens Norton site in Northamptonshire. Both sites where initially constructed to accommodate Women’s Land Army. The site was then converted into a PoW Camp. The site in it present state is a sympathetic conversion or rebuilding to a modern structure. In the case of Greens Norton the site was rebuilt as a Community Centre. This site has been rebuilt a very high-quality hotel / residential site. The huts as such where removed but the brick-built structures containing a water power has been preserved. New buildings have replaced the huts, but as is the case with Greens Norton the new builds have taken the shape, form and character of the PoW Camp. Finally, the grounds have been landscapes to create an amazing place to live and stay at. Photos were taken with both a DSLR and Drone Cameras. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4606 to 4672 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p121360293 Image ID: 2-19 05 4642 to 4672 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p260207913

00 Mathry PoW Sub Camp Pembrokeshire SM 8908 2976 Visited 4 Rural 07Mar19 51° 55' 34" N 07May19 Dyfed Archaeological Trust identifies this as a former PoW camp site in there report at: 5° 4' 8" W http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/campsandrangespreseli.pdf The report gives the location as SM 8908 2976 < Location > The report states that this camp was made up of three Parallel Nissen huts and used as a Women’s Land Army Hostel < Verified > and that it has now been destroyed.

The OS Map aerial view shows a simple empty field with no evidence as to the former PoW Camp. 07May19 This former PoW Subsite was as anticipated – there was no trace of the former camp, buildings or structures. Simply put it is now a field used to graze sheep. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4432 to 4490 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p205776043 Image ID: Photo 2019 05 4448 to 4490 Drone https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p427922004

48 Greenfield Farm Radnorshire SO 3019 6374 GWC Lt Col W Harrison Presteign 60 Presteign Yes 2..3 Rural 07Mar19 Presteigne 52° 16' 2" N Welsh Cmd MC Priswar Presteign The Rootschat website identifies this former PoW Site as “situated in Slough Lane near Hill Farm and is now a small 3° 1' 27" W WE V/1453/2 private housing site” at the link below: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=766324.0 The OS Map aerial view shows Hill farm on Slough Lan with a small housing development on the north side of the road. This puts the camp at: SO 3019 6374 The aerial view shows at the west side of the housing development four farm builds of which one may have been a hut and two Nissen huts. National Archives Reference FO 939/130 48 Working Camp, Greenfield Farm Camp, Presteign, Radnorshire

Page 171 of 174

Table 5 Wales

Camp Name & Location County 1947 Location Type & Cmd 1947 Officer Cmd 1947 Phone & Telex 1947 Train Station Interest Con Status 2019 Comments and Site Visit M J Richards 1947 2019 573 Pendre Camp Radnorshire 28Mar19 Builth Wells Camp 573 is not included within the FO Camp list. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this camp closed prior to Feb47.

00 Cwm Owen Camp Powys SO 0175 4427 Visited 3 Rural 07Mar19 Merthyr Cynog 52° 5' 16" N 09May19 Hut Bases The Coflein welsh government history website identifies this former PoW Site and location: 3° 26' 7" W Remain https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/242347/details/cwm-owen-prisoner-of-war-camp

< Location > SO 0175 4427 < Verified > The OS Map Aerial view of this location shows the camp compound along with the bases of several former huts. 09May19 On visiting this site to photograph the remaining Nissen Hut bases I found out that the former camp although accessible to the public is on part of the Sennybridge Military Training Range. On the day and time of my visit the Red Range Flags were up and I could hear gun fire. On getting to the entry road I could see a number of army personnel as well as several military vehicles. Looking at the Weapons I could see that they had a BFA (Blank Firing Attachment) fitted. In other words the gunfire I heard was from blanks, but I still did NOT enter the site. My photos are thus of the start of the access road as well as some telephoto shoots of the army. Image ID: Photo 2019 05 5280 to 5297 https://www.systonimages.co.uk/p237783523

Page 172 of 174

9 Reference and Information 9.1 Abbreviations and Glossary

Item Details

EH English Heritage: UK Gov sponsored charity on the preservation of builds structures and history within England

HAA Bty Heavy Anti-aircraft battery

9.2 Bibliography, References, Sources and Acknowledgments

Item Details

28 Days Latter Urban Exploration https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/pool-park-hospital-ruthin-august-2018.114341/ https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/queen-elizabeth-barracks-boyce-bks-haig-lines-fleet-hants-20- 06-2010-part-1.51321/

Air Crash Sites UK http://aircrashsites.co.uk

Airfield Research Group https://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/airfield-discussion/3151-boughton-boughton-and- boughton-3-camps-one-name

Buckinghamshire County Council https://ubp.buckscc.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?UID=mbc22384

Canmore. Historic Environment Scotland https://canmore.org.uk/site/272560/friockheim-camp-275275a-recreation-ground

Church Crookham Allotments https://news.ccallotments.org.uk/

Coflein: online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/421758/details/dinefor-park-ww2-military-campdinefwr-park-prisoner-of- war-camp

CPAT Regional Historic Environment Record https://archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=CPAT85786&dbname=cpat&tbname=core

Devon Live News Site https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/tiverton-museum-uncovers-secrets-behind-2007492

English Heritage Thomas Rodger JC. Prisoner of War Camps (1939-1948) Report. English Heritage. 2003

English Heritage via Ancestor gateway: http://www.ancestorgateway.com/forum/read_thread.cfm?ForumID=7&ThreadID=7565&Thread=410

geograph.org https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5773190

Google Earth Pro

Google Maps

Halstead History https://www.halsteadhistory.org.uk/pow.html

Harrington Carpet Baggers Museum http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/premises-sites-etc-within-30- miles-of-harrington-museum-28.03.17.pdf

Helensburgh Heritage Website http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=559:gareloch- and-loch-long-pow-camps&catid=88:military&Itemid=462

Kent On-Line https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/prisoners-of-war-held-in-kent-190863/

Knutsford Guardian https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/4627320.readers-help-joan-leach-to-solve-myster-of- Readers help Joan Leach to solve mystery of Knutsford Army hospital. 17Sep09 knutsford-army-hospital/

Liverpool Echo https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseysides-wartime-prison-camp-youve- 9498601

Mersey Forest

Merseyforest.org https://foam.merseyforest.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Section-5-Second-World-War-years- rev61.pdf

Norfolk Heritage Explorer: http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF62243-Hempton-Green-Prisoner-of-War- Camp&Index=53889&RecordCount=57339&SessionID=8afd581e-1506-4f4c-8e6d-062202aaa059

Northwick Park Website http://northwickpark.org/works/estate-history/

Ordnance Survey On-Line Mapping

Past Neots website https://paststneots.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/prisoner-of-war-camps-in-st-neots/

Pegasus Archive http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/Britain.htm

Pete Woods WWII Researcher and author [email protected]

Project Spire Website http://www.projectinspire.co.uk/butcher-hill-pow-camp.html

Royal Photographic Society

Scriven PoWs http://scriven.wdfiles.com/local--files/examples/Pow%20Camp.pdf

staintongrove.tripod.org http://staintongrove.tripod.com/ww2_military_camp/id15.html

Tarporley Racecourse http://www.greyhoundderby.com/Tarporley%20Racecourse.html

Tewkesbury Museum Website https://www.tewkesburymuseum.org/the-collection/the-archive-collection/memories-of- ashchurch/prisoners-war-camp-1009-northway-ashchurch/

Twentieth Century Military Sites: Second World War and later Camps and Ranges Interim Report 2014- http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/campsandrangescarm.pdf 15. Prepared by Dyfed Archaeological Trust For CADW March 2015

UK Imperial War Museum

UK MoD Site access and information

UK National Archives Kew Page 173 of 174

Item Details

Warwickshire County Council https://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk/detail.aspx?monuid=WA9592

Wikipedia

Page 174 of 174