RAF Airfield, Deopham Green, Attleborough. Large pre-existing military camp. Originally a military hospital, presently a prison. From 1942 through 1945, more than 400,000 Axis prisoners were shipped to the United States and detained in camps in rural areas across the country. Green Fields Camp, Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury, Originally a military hospital, presently a prison. A further small prisoners' compound was situated to the southwest and contained only five tents, but was guarded by two watch towers. STANDARD type Woodland. See Camp no.654 & 655. See Camp no.635. Hut platforms remain extant. Precise location not identified. Other prisoners were located at Bowling Green, Celina, and Defiance, according to the Ohio History Connection. LARGE STANDARD. See Camp no.652. Site restored parkland. NGR for Thomas Street. Bickham Camp, Bickham Common, Bickham, Yelverton. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images, We have switched off comments on this old version of the site. Red Cross parcels, flown over to Axis POW camps, were intended to help ease the problem of hunger for the captured servicemen. Researching POW camp locations proved a challenge when compiling Churchill's Unexpected Guests. English heritage site. Wikimedia Commons. Site occupied by a school. The camp for Allied seamen was run by the Kriegsmarine independently of the Army. Camp Michaux, only two miles from Pine Grove Furnace State Park, was secretly used as a Prisoner of War (POW) camp during World War II. Capacity substantially increased by the provision of tented accomodation. Each compound enclosed by a double wire perimeter and guarded by watchtowers. See Camp no. 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) and SP 5914 2099 (Romney huts, gun park). POWs from 2/3 rd MG Battalion moved to this camp on 22 nd June 1942. During the Second World War, Tennessee was home to eleven prisoner-of-war camps. Capel House Camp, Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield. There were 2 base camps, 19 branch camps, 1 hospital, 1 internment location, and 2 cemeteries in WY. Precise location not identified. Over the coming years no doubt more camps will be added to this list as they are discovered, but many will remain forgotten forever, the last traces of their Nazi occupants long lost. In 1944, many of these camps were converted to German POW camps by adding barbed wire. STANDARD type. There were four main camps in Borneo : Sandakan , Kuching, Labuan and Jesselton. Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre of village, LARGE STANDARD. The best known was Island Farm in Wales - scene of a 'great escape' in 1945, with some German POWs getting as far as Birmingham and Southampton. The camps were refurbished CCC camps left over from the Depression, hastily built barracks, even abandoned Girl Scout camps. See Camp no.286 & 654. NGR given for village centre. Precise location not identified. What would happen if the UK's prison population suddenly increased by 400,000 people? Alma - Branch camp under Atlanta. 13, 58 and 197, Camp consisted of tented accomodation. 13, 179 and 297, Huts scattered under trees to south east of hall, Sheriffhales (Sheriff Hales) Camp, Shifnal, Ducks Cross Camp, Dacca Farm, Colesdon Road, Wilden, Merry Thought Camp, Aikbank Common, Calthwaite, High Garrett Camp, Halstead Road, Braintree, STANDARD type. Article 76 ensured that PoWs who died in captivity were honourably buried in marked graves. For example, the additional remarks from Dos Palos POW Branch Camp for the period ending 12 February 1946 stated "1692 [German POWs] waiting for Repatriation CAMP CLOSED 12 February 1946." NGR given to feature centre. Industrial estate. Camp associated with a military hospital. No satisfactory location could be found near Norwich. NGR for centre of Puckridge Hill. 12 in the former 15 th Depot Battalion Barracks at Kampenment Street Bandoeng. Former RAF Donna Nook. NGR given for feature centre of the Craven Hill complex. Footings paths etc remain extant. 83 Ordnance Supply Depot (O.S.D.) Stalag Luft 6 The camp is near the old Prussian-Lithuanian border at Heydekrug, 40 kilometers Northwest of Tilsit. Some features still appear to survive in woodland, Heath Camp, Pottergate Plantation, Wellingore, LARGE STANDARD. Associated with an Ordnance Depot, now a military training area. Precise location not identified, NGR given for approx centre of length of Centenary Road. Donaldsons School camp, West Coates, Edinburgh, Flaxley Green Camp, Stilecop Field, Rugeley, LARGE STANDARD. There were insufficient American guards, especially German speakers. Former RAF Deopham Green, numerous dispersed accomodation sites. Precise location not identified. See Camp no.288. Precise location not identified. On September 1, 1939, the Second World War began and Canadians responded with more than one million of its men and women enlisting in the military. Two possible sites, other possibility is at TL 0071 5464. Former RAF Worcester. Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre of village. See Camp no.16, Large cotton mill and associated weaving sheds etc. NGR for centre of Central Ordnance Depot. Camp consisting of a guards' compound and six prisoners' compounds, three for tents and three with hutting. Site occupied by housing. Camp consisting of a guards' compound and six prisoners' compounds, three for tents and three with hutting. Camp E.30, Graven Hill, Arncott, Bicester. Site occupied by housing. with additional huts. Camp comprising some 120 bell tents within an irregular fenced compound guarded by watchtowers. 3 minutes to read. Precise location not identified, NGR given for cross road in village. Sometimes additional remarks were included on the back of the form. The camps were numbered according to the military district. See Camp no.10, Thirkleby Camp, Sandhill, Little Thirkleby, Kingencleugh (Kingendengh) Camp, Mauchline, Mill Lane Camp, Mill Lane, Hatfield Heath, Walderslade Camp, King George Street, Chatham, Oxhey Lane Camp, Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, STANDARD type. ), Moreton-on-Lugg. NGR for centre of Stratton St Margaret. See Camp no.249. See Camp no.14 and 172. with additional huts. NGR for centre of village. Penketh Hostel, South Lane Farm, South Lane, Barrow's Green. See Camp no.163, Rectangular double wire enclosure with watchtowers, camp formed chiefly of tents. Annexe at Orangefield. Site restored parkland. Small camp of Nissen huts on either side of road. Precise location not identified, NGR given for centre park. Presenty used by the army as Nescliffe Training Camp. Footings and perimeter wall remain extant. c20 huts in guards compound, 26 huts & football field within prisoners' compound enclosed by a double perimeter fence.