Banstead Prisoner-of-War Camp

Banstead Prisoner-of-War Camp was set up in 1939 in Banstead Woods in Surrey, England. The War Department requisitioned some land which was initially used as a military camp for the Canadian Army and then for the remainder of World War II as a prisoner-of-war camp for Italians and then for Germans.[1]

The camp was given the name Westonacres Camp, No 239.[2]

References
  1. Bansteadvillage.com
  2. UK POW Camps Archived October 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  • Exploring Surrey's Past
  • Sweetman, John. "World War II: The Banstead Wood Camp" Banstead History Research Group (April 1995)
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