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This section is under construction. This section is still under construction, pages for these camps will be available soon. If you know the location of a Great War POW camp which is not on our list please get in touch. Prisoner of War Camps in Germany  Altmark  Gardelegen  Haden Berge  Altmark  Stendal  Altmark Baden  Baden    Constanz  Freiburg    Heidelberg    Heuberg    Karlsruhe  Mannheim  Pforzheim    Rastatt  Tauberbischofsheim   Bavaria Amberg  Aschaffenberg  Bayreuth    Eichstatt    Erlangen    Furstenfeldbruck    Germersheim    Hammelberg    Ingolstadt  Kempten    Landshut  Lechfeld  Nurnberg    Regensberg    Wurzberg    Brandenburg  Berlin    Blankenburg  Brandenburg    Cottbus  Crossen    Custrin    Doberitz  Dyrotz  Frankfurt on Oder  Guben  Havelberg  Karstadt  Merzdorf  Muncheberg    Neuruppin    Ruhleben  Wunsdorf    Zossen Brunswick  Braunschweig  Holzminden    Hanover  Buchholz  Edemissen-Strodthagen  Golle  Gorden  Gottingen    Hameln    Hann Munden  Hanover  Herrenhausen  Leese    Osnabruck  Poggenmoor    Schwarmstedt    Seensen  Soltau    Stolzenau  Strohen    Verden  Wahnbeck Harz  Altenau  Clausthal    Elbinerode    Hesse  Darmstadt  Frankfurt am Main  Giessen  Griesheim    Kassel  Limburg  Mainz    Niederzwehren  Worms Mecklenburg  Boizenburg    Furstenburg    Gorries  Gustrow    Parchim    Neu-Brandenburg  Augustabad  Neu-Brandenburg Oldenburg  Delmenhorst  Oldenburg  Oldenburg  Oldenburg  Vechta   Pomerania  Altdamm  Danizig-Troyl  Hamburg  Johannistal    Lubeck  Stargard    Stralsund   Posen  Schneidemuhl    Skammerschutz   Rhein Aachen    Bedberg  Crefeld    Duisberg Dulmen    Dusseldorf    Friedrichsfeld    Hamborn  Julich    Koblenz  Koln  Muhlheim  Oberhausen    Remscheid   Munster II, Rennbahn Munster III Munster IV  Rheinback  Saarbrucken  Saarlouis    Siegburg    Trier  Wahn   Rheinpfalz  Landau    Ludwigshafen    Saxony  Alten-Grabow  Bad Colberg    Chemnitz  Erfurt   Gardelenen  Halle   Munsterlager, Hannover  Konigsbruck    Magdeburg    Merseburg    Quedlinburg  Weimar    Wittenberg    Zittau    Zwickau Schleswig-Holstn.  Heidmuhlen    Kiel  Oldesloe  Springhirsch  Wasbeck Thuringia  Langensalza  Ohrdruf   Westphalia  Bielefeld    Burgsteinfurt  Dortmund    Dulmen    Gutersloh    Meschede  Minden   Munster I  Neuenkirchen    Paderborn  Sennelager    Wurttemberg  Ludwigsburg  Ost und West  Ravensburg    Stuttgart Prisoner of War Camps in Prussia  Arys  Czersk    Hammerstein    Heilsberg  Preussisch Holland  Stalluponen    Tuchel   Prisoner of War Camps in Poland Silesia  Lamsdorf    Lauban    Neisse    Neuhammer  Sagan    Schweidnitz  Sprottau Prisoner of War Camps in Holland Limburg This section is still under construction, if you know the location of a Great War POW camp which is not on our list please get in touch. Prisoner of War Camps in England Bedfordshire Ampthill Barton-le-Clay Bletsoe, Broom Clifton Leighton Buzzard Melchbourne Meppershall Pertenhall Shillington Souldrop Stopsley Sundon Tempsford Turvey and Woburn Berkshire College Town, Camberley Cheshire Handforth Derbyshire Donington Hall Durham Harperly Gloucester Wapley Camp, Yate Kent Naval Detention Barracks, Chatham Dockyard Lancashire Lancaster Leigh Northants Eastcote Staffordshire Brocton, Cannock Chase Surrey Addington Park War Hospital, Croydon POW. Hospital Belmont nr Sutton Broughton Hall, Send Dorchester The Drill Hall, Hersham Feltham Frith Hill, Frimley High Park, Cranleigh Hill Meadow, Esher. Holmbury Hill Holmbury St Mary, Shere Inkerman Barracks, Woking Langton Priory, Guildford Cheam House, Cheam Churt, Farnham Deepdene, Dorking Oxted Pattishall Redhill Richmond Military Hospital, Grove Round Bridge Farm, Foxhill, Woking Wey Manor, Addlestone Wiltshire Fair View, Devizes. Yatesbury Worcestershire Badsey Manor House Yorkshire Bradford Moor Lofthouse Park, near Wakefield York Castle Prisoner of War Camps in Scotland Queen’s Ferry Stobs Camp near Hawick Prisoner of War Camps in Wales Prisoner of War Camps in Ireland Oldcastle, Co Meath Prisoner of War Camps in The Isle of Man Douglas Knockaloe (civilian) Prisoner of War Ships Andania Prisoner of War Camps in France Foch

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