Camp 105 - Wooler Camp, Brewery Road, Wooler, Northumberland

I said I'd post some documents about Wooler Camp 105. This is a scanned (obviously I have the original) copy of my father's Billeted Document. I've erased his name and POW Number but otherwise, the document is exactly as it was back in 1945/46 when he was imprisoned. You can see he was 23 years old and I can confirm that, by the time I was born, his English was perfect. There was no sign of a German accent.

You'll also note the Camp Commandant was Lieutenant Captain F.H. Phillips and that my father was sent to work on a farm at Mindrum. I know the farm and have visited the place many times.

Hope the document is of interest.

 

I said I would post a few more images so here goes.

I'm sure this first picture is quite well known. I'm sure it was a POW band that was formed at Wooler camp:



And this is a view of the camp grounds, taken from Whitsun Bank. I assume it was taken shortly after the camp was demolished and just before Glendale Middle School was built:



And this is an aerial shot of the camp. The image isn't the sharpest but you can clearly see the layout of the camp:



This picture was taken by me some years ago inside the grounds of Glendale Middle School. I'm sure it must be one of the original POW huts:



Finally, I know the carved lions at the entrance have been well documented but here are a couple of pictures I took a few years ago:

 

Thank you for previous sharing on this forum. This has been really good to read as my grandfather was a pow at the camp and met my grandmother whilst labouring there so it's where my family began in a sense.