Monument record 0838100000 - Hitcham Park, Burnham Lane

Summary

Possible site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Hitcham Park

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Type and Period (1)

  • PRISONER OF WAR CAMP (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Site of a prisoner of war camp, described by the International Red Cross as a German working company camp (camp no.684) (B2).
English Heritage unable to identify location, but a small area of possible huts is visible on a 1946 RAF AP, but had apparently disappeared by 1947. NGR to area of huts.

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC22132 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF vertical AP. SU92108270. Yes.
  • <1>SBC19272 Bibliographic reference: Buckinghamshire Record Office. 1995. Wartime Buckinghamshire 1939-1945. p13.
  • <2>SBC22131 Unpublished document: Roger J C Thomas. 2003. Twentieth Century Military Recording Project: Prisoner of War Camps (1939-1948). p49 (No.684).

Location

Grid reference SU 92039 82594 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2011 11:19AM

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