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German Prisoners of War in the North West of England, Second World War

Ernst Meyer a German private captured in NW Europe in 1944 recalls hearing news of the German surrender at a POW camp in Cheshire. Players: Realplayer 5 | Quicktime 4 Need help with audio? View Transcription

The camps holding German POWs in the north west were:

Lancashire

Bury, Manchester

Garswood Park, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan

Mellands Camp, Gorton

Brookmill Camp, Woodlands, Kirkham, Preston

Glen Mill Camp, Oldham

Worth Mills Camp, Bury (also a camp for internees)

South Lane, Bold, Barrows Green, Widnes

Cheshire

Knutsford Military Hospital, Knutsford

Racecourse Camp, Tarporley

Boar's Head Camp, Walgerton, Nantwich

Dunham Park, Altrincham

Marbury Hall, Northwich

Crewe Hall, Crewe

Ledsham Hall, Ledsham, Wirral

Source:

Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Kriegsgefangenen des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Bd. XI/I, Die deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in Britischer Hand, by Helmut Wolff (pub. Verlag Ernst und Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld, 1974)