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Each prisoner-of-war camp in the UK mapped and listed.
There were hundreds of prisoners of war camps in the United Kingdom during the Second World War see where they were and get the data Get Data.
POW camps in the UK German prisoners of war somewhere in England bring in the harvest Photograph Hulton Archive.
What would happen if the prison population of the UK has suddenly increased by 400,000 people that s what happened between 1939 and 1948, when thousands of Germans, Ukrainians and others became the British prisoners of war, according to a new book.
Churchill Unexpected Guests prisoners of war in Britain during World War II.
The camps where prisoners of war were imprisoned were largely, but not all gone to a time, hundreds of them were spread across the UK.
The best known is the island Farm in Wales - a great escape scene in 1945, with some German prisoners of war as far as Birmingham and Southampton.
Author Sophie Jackson wrote a book, Unexpected Guests examining this neglected period of history of Britain Churchill watching what happened to each camp period.
Research the locations of POW camps proved to be a challenge when Churchill Unexpected Guests compilation Some official lists camps or prisoners remain from that time and most of the camps were temporary and pulled down after the war some have subsequently been built.
Most modern camps lists are based on the ironic archaeological work camps existed when there are only 60 years English Heritage has been working hard to find the locations of the camps, but although many are yet to be discovered.
The records then provide an overview of camp life and sometimes reveal the name of a camp, but often the documents didn t reveal the actual address, and prisoners are not allowed to write their address on all camp the letters they sent home.
Despite the difficulties of many camps have been identified, some of which were listed here some more famous than others, such as the Island Farm Camp, Bridgend from which a daring escape attempt was made by German prisoners.
Over the coming years will undoubtedly camps added to this list as they are discovered, but many remain forever forgotten, the last traces of their long-lost Nazi occupiers.
Research on the English Heritage called Sophie was conducted by Roger Thomas and published in 2003. You can see the original report here.
Although there is a numerical sequence 1026 PoW Camps, there is no indication that this amount has never been fully utilized there are major gaps in the sequence common to all sources consulted Nevertheless, a number of sites have been located that remain unidentified and presumably equipped in somewhere sequence.
Some sites with more than one facility Thanks to English Heritage, we are authorized to reproduce this list - you can download the data behind the map above.
Churchill Unexpected Guests by Sophie Jackson is available for November 99 14 99 RRP bookstore Guardian To order with free p call UK 0330 333 6846 or per visit.
Each prisoner-of-war camp in the UK and charted News list, all prisoner camp.