Monument record 7131/1 - Little Addington Prisoner of War Camp

The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Hill Farm Estate, known as Camp 98. This was a purpose-built, standard type camp. Common buildings and facilities at standard type camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. It functioned as a work camp, where low-risk prisoners were sent out to work as labourers in the local area. The camp held up to 560 Italian, and then later German prisoners. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed but partial remains of the camp are likely to survive in the form of roads, pathways or structures.

{1} Little Addington had a POW camp which housed Italians, distinctive in their brown uniforms. They were responsible for building a sewer through the village and also helped in the fields. Also a photo on p195 with the caption "Little Addington's POW Camp". The Italian POW's worked under supervision on nearby farms where their cheeriness and singing won them many friends.,

{2}SMR 1:10560 OS plan (sheet SP97SE) depicts hutted camp to south east of village marked as 'E.V.W. Hostel'. Might this be the former POW camp? Part of the area is depicted on an undated AP (NCC 9673/020)

{3} The site of a Second World War prisoner of war camp at Hill Farm Estate (SP 960 731), known as Camp 98. This was a purpose-built, standard type camp. Common buildings and facilities at standard type camps included water towers, offices, officer's mess, a canteen, guard rooms, barrack huts, ablution blocks, cell blocks, a camp reception station (medical facility/hospital), a cookhouse, dining rooms, recreation rooms and living huts or tents. It functioned as a German work camp. It could have been in use up until 1948. The camp has since been removed but partial remains of the camp are likely to survive in the form of roads, pathways or structures.

{4} A visit by the International Red Cross on 06-JAN-1944 reports that up to 560 Italian prisoners were imprisoned at Camp 98. The Italian POWs were listed as co-operators. There was an Italian chapel built inside one of the huts.

<1> Northamptonshire Women's Institute, 1992, Northamptonshire Within Living Memory, p.196 (unchecked) (Chapter). SNN39673.

<2> MAP, SP97SE (Map). SNN48478.

<3> Thomas, R.J.C., 2003, Prisoner of War Camps (1939-1948), p. 29 (Report). SNN103942.

<4> Sanders, Malcolm, 2008, WW2 POW Camps in the UK, https://www.ww2pow.uk/home/camplist/ - site 98 (Accessed 14/04/2023) (Website). SNN115038.

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