Very hesitant to comment as there are other
far better qualified POW chaps here, and my Geography of that area is sketchy (couldn't fit anything on the
Island farm lists), but could this be it? :
History of Chilworth Friary " A prisoner of war camp was established at The Hallams, Blackheath during 1945-46 and many of the German prisoners attended the services at Chilworth." River Wey & Navigations : Around Guildford, Surrey Quote:
458 German POWs were consigned in September 1945 to satellite hostels under Merrow's responsibility. Locally 220 went to The Hallams (1) (GR: TQ038452) near Blackheath and a further 144 to huts in Shackleford near Godalming. In June 1946 Merrow Camp was cleared of Italians and filled with Germans who had been held in North America during the war. By this time The Hallams was holding over 400 prisoners.
(1) The Hallams is a Grade II listed country house built in Victorian style by the architect Norman Shaw in 1894. The house has 13 bedrooms and was valued in 2007 at £2,250,000. |
There's also some mention of a 'PoW camp 1020' at Shooters Hill (in the area??) on the site of an old Z Battery - could that be it?
Greenwich Industrial History Society, Issue 45 Edit: Cross posted with above 2 posts.