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PoW Camp Summary WW II
The following summary lists all the PoW Camps currently known to have been located in Scotland.
The intention is to find a location and status for each, map them, and create a more detailed page with any information found.
The same location reported with more than one Camp Number means two separate camps at the given location, or that the number was later reissued to another camp.
Each line may have one or two links. The first is for the site, and will open a marker at the camp's location on the map at the foot of the page. The second will jump to our page relating to the camp, if we have one.
Once the link to a marker is activated, the superscript Map jump can be used to jump down to the map. Clicking on the name in the open marker window will jump back the list.
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| 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 | |
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| Destroyed. cf #63 | |
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| Glenbranter Camp | Detroyed. 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. |
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| Base Camp. Destroyed. cf #112 Scene of Britain's largest escape attempt, December 1944. Around 97 Italian PoWs tunnelled out of the camp, but were quickly recaptured. | |
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| 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. cf #12 | |
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| Three Nissen huts extant on private land. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Cultybraggan Camp | cf #242 |
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| Destroyed. Recorded by RCAHMS as Auchinleck. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Some remains left. Camp information from The Orcadian | |
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| Chapel built by Italian prisoners survives. Camp and church information from The Orcadian RCAHMS entry, Camp 60 | |
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| Base Camp. Destroyed- area now forested. | |
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| Destroyed. (cf #3) | |
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| Destroyed, only one ablutions hut remains. | |
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| Some huts remain in use as poultry farm. | |
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| Some huts remained in 2006. Hut converted to camp chapel by Ukrainian PoWs remains. Interior decorated in authentic Ukrainian style. | |
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| Destroyed.. Now called North Hill Park housing estate | |
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| Destroyed, now a caravan site. | |
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| Now grounds of Balbirnie House Hotel, Markinch. | |
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| Now farmland next to Stratheden Hospital, Cupar. | |
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| Now a residential care home. | |
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| 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 | |
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| Used for displaced persons postwar. Some huts remain. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Destroyed. cf #14 Notable for December 1944, when 97 Italians escaped through a tunnel, but all were quickly recaptured. | |
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| Work Camp. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Work Camp. Now Roxburghe Hotel, Kelso. Former German war prisoner visits Kelso captivity site Retrieved July 31, 2013. | |
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| Kirknewton | |
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| Watten Camp | Destroyed. |
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| Destroyed. cf #298 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. | |
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| 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. | |
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| Stuckenduff Camp | 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. |
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| RAF Findo Gask | Destroyed. Former wartime airfield. |
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| Destroyed. Now Braco Rd housing estate. cf #21 | |
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| Destroyed, now Haddington Golf Course. | |
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| Former wartime airfield. Now an industrial estate. | |
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| Sewage plant remains. | |
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| Destroyed. cf #182 | |
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| Now a private residence. | |
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| Possibly Ladies Walk Camp, London Rd. Destroyed. cf Sheuchan School, Stranraer. | |
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| Some remains left. | |
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| Now Rob Roy Motel | |
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| Actually Deanston House, Deanston. Now a nursing home. Italian graffiti could still be seen carved into trees in the grounds in the 1980s. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Base Camp in grounds of Halleath House. Sewage works survive. | |
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625 Patterton | Hut bases remain. cf #660 | |
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| Destroyed, now housing estate. Camp was used postwar for Polish refugees. cf 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. | |
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| Working Camp. | |
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| 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. cf #625 | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Hut bases remain. | |
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| Destroyed. cf #2 | |
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| Destroyed. Now Dalkeith Country Park. | |
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| Destroyed. Now Dalkeith Country Park. | |
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Hampden Park Football Stadium, Glasgow. | Scottish Command holding cage. Extant. | |
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| Hut bases remain. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Former wartime satellite airfield. Some buildings remain. | |
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| PoW accommodation. Destroyed. | |
Kirkton camp, former RAF station, possibly SLG. | 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. | |
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| Italian working camp. Destroyed. | |
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| Identified as #24 Knapedale. Destroyed. | |
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| Possibly former Bevin Boy camp. | |
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| Possibly former Bevin Boy camp. Destroyed. | |
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| Displaced persons camp postwar. Hut bases remain. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Stobs Camp | Destroyed. |
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| Destroyed, now a golf course. | |
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| Destroyed. | |
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| Destroyed, now Duff House Royal Golf Course. | |
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| Housed low-risk Italian internees in early part of war. cf #640 | |
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| Destroyed. Possibly associated with Camp #641 Earl's Cross | |
Sheuchan School, Stranraer | School closed 1938, ARP stores during the war, then PoW transit camp. Destroyed. cf #571 | |
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| Housed Italians postwar. Former AA battery astride A71. RCAHMS entry, Culreoch AA battery | |
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| Destroyed. Former Peterseat AA Battery, used for German PoWs postwar. RCAHMS entry, Tullos Hill | |
Peterculter Camp, Coronation Road, Aberdeen. | Destroyed. No trace found. | |
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| Destroyed. RCAHMS entry, Hayton Road | |
Rickarton Camp, near Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. | Demolished and now houses. | |
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| Now Redgates caravan park, Kirkoswald Rd, Maidens. |
External links
- Prisoner of War Camps (1939 – 1948), English Heritage, 2003.
- UK PoW Camps: 1 to 100
- UK PoW Camps: 101 to 250
- UK PoW Camps: 251 to 500
- UK PoW Camps: 501 to 1045
- WW2 Talk Forum: PoW section
Following is for entire UK not just Scotland.
Also note that the Google Fusion links all now appear to be dead - this seems to date from 2010, and seems to have been removed.
I have scraped out the raw data text from the web page.
- Every prisoner of war camp in the UK mapped and listed | News | theguardian.com Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- The Wartime Memories Project - POW Camps in The Second World War 1939-1945 (Allied AND Axis)
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