List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United Kingdom
This is a list of Prisoner of War (POW) Camps located in the United Kingdom during World War II.
List
Camp Number | Camp Name | Near | Town | County |
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1 | Woodfield Farm Camp | Churchdown | Gloucestershire | |
2 | Toft Hall | Knutsford | . | Cheshire |
3 | Balhary Camp | Balhary | Balhary | Perthshire |
4 | Scraptoft Gilling Camp Windlestone Hall |
. | Thurnby Richmond Rushyford |
Leicestershire North Yorkshire County Durham |
5 | Monrush | . | Cookstown | County Tyrone Northern Ireland |
6 | Racecourse Camp Long Marston Glenbranter |
. | Doncaster Stratford-upon-Avon Glenbranter |
Yorkshire Warwickshire Argyll |
6a | Ashton Court | . | Bower Ashton | Somerset |
7 | Winter Quarters Camp | Ascot | Windsor | Berkshire |
8 | Mile House Warth Mills |
Shrewsbury Road Oswestry Bury |
Shrewsbury Manchester |
Shropshire Lancashire |
9 | Kempton Park Racecourse Quorn Camp Warth Mills |
. Quorn Bury |
Sunbury Loughborough Manchester |
Middlesex Leicestershire Lancashire |
10 | Gosford Camp Cockfosters Camp Stamford Camp |
Gosford Castle . Empingham Road |
Market Hill Barnet, London Stamford |
County Armagh Middlesex Lincolnshire |
11 | Gilford Island Farm Racecourse Camp |
Elmsfield . Knavesmire |
Craigavon, Portadown Bridgend York |
County Armagh Glamorgan North Yorkshire |
11a | Trent Park Camp Rayner's Lane |
Trent Park, Bramley Road . |
Enfield, London Harrow-on-the Hill, London |
Middlesex Middlesex |
12 | Elmfield Camp Donaldson's College |
Gilford West Coates |
Portadown Edinburgh |
Armagh Midlothian |
12a | Warth Mills | Bury | Manchester | Lancashire |
13 | Shap Wells Hotel [The Hayes] |
Shap . |
Penrith Swanwick |
Westmoreland Derbyshire |
14 | Bun Camp Holywood |
Doonfot Jackson Road |
Ayr Belfast |
Ayrshire County Down |
15 | Shap Wells Hotel Donaldson's College |
Shap West Coates |
Penrith Edinburgh |
Westmoreland Midlothian |
16 | Gosford Camp Flaxley Green Prees Heath |
Aberlady Stilecop Field . |
Longniddry Rugeley Whitchurch |
East Lothian Staffordshire Shropshire |
17 | Lodge Moor Hyde Park Gardens |
Redmires Road, Lodge Moor 22 Hyde Park Gardens |
Sheffield . |
Yorkshire London, W2 |
18 | Featherstone Camp | Featherstone Castle | Haltwhistle | Northumberland |
19 | Happendon Camp Douglas Castle |
Douglas |
Lanarkshire Lanarkshire |
Scotland Scotland |
20 | Bickham Bramham No. 1 Camp Wilton Park |
Bickham Common, Bickham, Yelverton Bramham . |
Tavistock Boston Spa Beaconsfield |
Devon Yorkshire Buckinghamshire |
21 | Cultybraggan | Comrie | Crieff | Perthshire |
22 | Pennylands Camp | Cumnock | Ayr | Ayrshire |
23 | Le Marchant Camp Shrewsbury (GPC) Sudbury |
Devizes Shrewsbury Sudbury |
Wiltshire Shropshire Derbyshire | |
24 | Knutsford (MH) | . | Knutsford | Cheshire |
25 | Leamington (GPC) Lodge Farm |
Farncombe Down |
Leamington Spa Lambourn |
Warwickshire Berkshire |
26 | Barton Field | Ely | Cambridgeshire | |
27 | Ledbury Nottingham (GPC) |
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Ledbury Nottingham |
Herefordshire Nottinghamshire |
28 | Knighthorpe | Ashby Road | Loughborough | Leicestershire |
29 | Abergavenny (GPC) Ormskirk (GH) Royston Heath |
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Abergavenny Ormskirk Royston |
Monmouthshire Lancashire Hertfordshire |
30 | Aldershot (GPC) Carpenters Road |
Stratford |
Aldershot London |
Hampshire E15 |
31 | Ettington Park | Newbold-Upon-Stour | Stratford-on-Avon | Warwickshire |
32 | Wormwood Scrubs | Shepherds Bush | London | W12 |
33 | Dancer's Hill Shorncliffe Bonnytown Camp, Bonnytown Farm, Working Camp[1] |
South Mimms Folkestone (GPC) Dunino |
Barnet Folkestone Kingsbarns |
Hertfordshire Kent Fife |
34 | Warebank Camp | . | Kirkwall | Orkney |
35 | Boughton Park | Boughton | Northampton | Northamptonshire |
36 | Darlington (GPC) Hartwell Dog Track Camp |
Stone |
Darlington Aylesbury |
County Durham Buckinghamshire |
37 | Bridgwater (GPC) Sudeley Castle |
Winchcombe |
Bridgwater Cheltenham |
Somerset Gloucestershire |
38 | Pool Park | Efenechtyd | Ruthin | Denbighshire |
39 | Castle Maxstoke | Maxstoke | Coleshill | Warwickshire |
40 | Somerhill Camp | Tudeley | Tonbridge | Kent |
41 | Ganger Camp | . | Romsey | Hampshire |
42 | Exhibition Field Camp | Stanhope Close | Holsworthy | Devon |
43 | Harcourt Hall | North Hinksey | Oxford | Oxfordshire |
44 | Goathurst Camp | Goathurst | Bridgwater | Somerset |
45 | Trumpington | Trumpington | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire |
46 | Kingsfold Camp | Billingshurst | Horsham | Sussex |
47 | Motcombe Park | Motcombe | Shaftesbury | Dorset |
49 | Harrington Camp | Farndon Road | Market Harborough | Leicestershire |
61 | Wynol's Hill | Coalway | Coleford, Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire |
65 | Setley Plain | . | Brockenhurst | Hampshire |
71 | Sheriffhales | Shifnal | Telford | Shropshire |
81 | Pingley Farm | Brigg | North Lincolnshire | |
82 | Matlaske, On RAF station | Matlaske | Sheringham | Norfolk |
83 | Eden Camp | Ryton | Malton | North Yorkshire |
93 | Harperley | Fir Tree | Crook | County Durham |
97 | Birdingbury Camp,[2] Working Camp | Birdingbury | Bourton-on-Dunsmore | Warwickshire |
103 | Moota camp | Moota | A595 Bothel | Cumbria |
107 | Penleigh Camp | Wells | . | Somerset |
108 | Thirkleby | Sandhill, Little Thirkleby | Thirsk | North Riding of Yorkshire |
115 | White Cross Camp | St Columb Major | . | Cornwall |
116 | High Hall Camp | Epping | Essex | |
124 | Ashton Gate Camp | Bedminster | Bristol | |
165 | Watten Camp | . | Thurso | Caithness |
155 | Hornby Hall Camp | Brougham | Penrith | Cumbria |
191 | Crewe Hall | Crewe Hall | Crewe Green | Cheshire |
198 | Island Farm | Bridgend | Glamorgan | |
251 | East Cams | Portchester Road | Fareham | Hampshire |
254 | Sutton Bridge Camp,[3] Working Camp | Holbeach | Sutton Bridge | Lincolnshire |
275/275a | Kinnell Camp | Friockheim | Forfar | |
280 | North Lynn Farm Camp,[4] Working Camp | King's Lynn | Norfolk | |
292 | Kirmington | North Lincolnshire | ||
294 | Fisher's Camp | Thedden Grange | Bentworth, Alton | Hampshire |
402 | Southampton | Highfield | Southampton | Hampshire |
403 | Brockley Camp | Brockley | Bristol | Somerset |
405 | Barwick House | Barwick | Yeovil | Somerset |
614 | Stoneham Camp | . | Eastleigh | Hampshire |
663 | Park House Camp "A" | Shipton Bellinger | Tidworth | Hampshire |
665 | Cross Keys Camp | Norton Fitzwarren | Taunton | Somerset |
666 | Stoberry Park | Wells | Somerset | |
668 | Aliwal Barracks | . | North Tidworth | Hampshire |
672 | Popham | Micheldever | Winchester | Hampshire |
675 | Hiltingury Road | Chandler's Ford | Eastleigh | Hampshire |
676 | Puckride Camp | Fleet Road | Aldershot | Hampshire |
693 | Whitchurch | . | Andover | Hampshire |
1000 | Oakhangers Camp | Bordon | Farnham | Hampshire |
1006 | Willems Barracks | . | Aldershot | Hampshire |
1019 | Aldershot | . | Farnham | Hampshire |
Special Camp XI | Island Farm | Bridgend | Glamorgan | |
TBA | Pitmedden Camp | Pitmedden | Aberdeenshire | |
TBA | Monymusk Camp | . | Kemnay | Aberdeenshire |
Notes and references
- ↑ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Bonnytown POW Camp, Working Camp, Site No. NO51SW 61.
- ↑ The National Archives (The National Archives document reference No.: FO 939/306): '97 Working Camp, Birdingbury Camp, Bourton, Warwickshire'.
- ↑ The National Archives (The National Archives document reference No.: FO 939/180): '254 Working Camp, Sutton Bridge Camp, Holbeach, Lincolnshire'.
- ↑ English Heritage, Roger JC Thomas, 2003, Prisoner of War Camps (1939 - 1948).
- There was a large amount of renaming, renumbering and reuse of camp numbers during World War II. The reason for this is unknown but speculation has it that it was to confuse the Axis powers in the event of any attempted breakouts after any potential Paratrooper attack or invasion. Example below:
No. 286 Purfleet Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex
No. 654 Purfleet Camp, No.4 Transit Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex
No. 655 Purfleet Camp, No.1 Transit Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex
External links
- Ganger Camp 41 at Woodley, Romsey, Hampshire
- ISLAND FARM PRISONER OF WAR CAMP:198
- Lodge Farm POW Camp No25
- A map of locations of POW camps in Great Britain, and a list of them (more complete than the Wiki list above)
- Prisoner of War Camps 1939-1948, Roger JC Thomas, 2003, English Heritage (accessed September 18, 2007).