Can anyone tell me anything about or give me sources of information on the camp at Ledsham Hall, Ledsham, Wirral Cheshire for Italian POWs in WWII? There is reference to it in 'Koi Hai' the autobiography of William Higgin who was second-in-command there at the end of the war.
a bit of info here for further research 283 W.D. Camp, Ledsham Hall, Ledsham, Little Sutton Cheshire Eng Large complex of teneted accomodation with a small number of huts Every prisoner of war camp in the UK mapped and listed | News | guardian.co.uk 283 War Department Camp, Ledsham Hall, Cheshire [SJ 3528 7594 / 3] Mainly tents with some huts POW Camps in UK - 251 to 500 http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/LIST%20OF%20UK%20POW%20CAMPS2.htm
Thanks, CL1, for your reply. The fact that most of the accomodation was in tents answers my question as to where they were all accomodated as there was never very much in the way of remains of buidings on the site.
Ledsham was built in 1943/44 for the US Army Bolero build up for DDay. It was not a large camp and seems to have been a late addition to the building programme, or had a delayed start up as it was on a big 1944 'to do' list for the West Lancs Area Engineer.
