Monument record 8668/1 - Thrapston Army Camp

Built as an army camp during WII, housing the Royal Army Service Corps. Other units used it for the latter months of the war and for a period after Summary from record 8668/1/3: Large sheds probably of brick with asbestos roofs

{1}About 4 timber huts an, an unidentified subterranean structure (possibly unrelated) and some large whitwashed shed of Brick (?) with asbestos roof and timber doors.,{3}Oral testimony from Mr J Springings, local resident - "built as an army camp during the WWII and housed the Royal Army Servie Corps for nearly all of that war. Other units used it during the latter months of the war and for a period after. It was never an operational site, such as search light or anti-aircraft activity."

<1> Cadman, G E and Ellison, M, 1998, Thrapston Army Camp, 1998, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN52360.

<2> Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources (Database). SNN112922.

<3> Historic England, Undated, Defence of Britain, DEB01 (Archive). SNN112947.

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Feb 10 2025 8:19PM