There is some confusion, with the naming of this camp. Some say this was Number 2 Camp, Woodhouselee. Others cite it as Camp 2. Two camps could not operate with the same number, at the same time. Camp 780 was officially called Milton Bridge Camp. Was this the same camp, as that at Woodhouslee - or was Milton Bridge Camp (Camp 780) actually Number 1 Camp, to distinguish its close proximity to Woodhouselee? In general, where PoW Camps are concerned. the lower the number, the earlier it was opened. So Camp 1 was a 1939 site, for example, whereas Camp 780 was opened in 1945. A greater understanding is required, about Woodhouselee Camp. What do you know....?
I looked at various aerial photos taken just after the war - and found this. Could this be Camp 780 (Camp 1 at Milton Bridge).....?
It says this collection is held off site, might be worth dropping them an email for further advise where to look NAS Catalogue - catalogue record
Have a look here. They hold lots of maps. I'm sure a WW2 Ordnance Survey series was added recently. National Library of Scotland
I also have a greetings card sent by my uncle Cyril to my Aunt. It is in the form of a small booklet made from a piece of thin card and pale green in colour. On the front is printed the badge of the Pioneer Corp with the motto, Labor Omnia Vincit. Under is printed WOODHOUSELEE CAMP 1944. Inside is a folded piece of paper. On the left is printed, in large gothic script, A Merry Xmas and A Victorious New Year. On the right there is what looks to be a hand drawn blue and yellow picture. In the background is a large, part castillated house. On either side of the road are trees and, I think, prison camp huts with the usual chimneys.
I have a photograph of the gateway to a hostel that carried the same number as its main parent working camp, sixteen miles away. This is how confusion can crop up for those of us who were not around at the time. One way of sorting this out is to look at any camp records if they exist, in Kew. Having said that Camp 189 Dunham Park closed as a working camp and took its camp management down the road ten miles and set up in Marbury Hall, where the management team there left. Camp 189 opened there bringing all its Dunham Park era hostels in the Manchester area with it. Dunham Park then became a hostel managed by its old management now at Marbury Hall, before being run down and closed. Now, if I had not been to Kew I would not have sorted that one out.