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New book about Eastcote POW Camp
Detained in England 1914-1920 By Colin R Chapman and S. Richard Moss - Price £9.99
At the outbreak of war in 1914 thousands of men, including merchant seamen, with Germanic surnames were interned in Britain. As the war progressed these camps held Prisoners of War captured in mainland Europe. The camp at Eastcote held many thousands of German, Austrian, Bulgarian and Turkish POW’s over this period. In this illustrated book Colin Chapman and Richard Moss tell the amazing story of the WW1 POW Camp situated alongside Birds Hill and Banbury Lane.
To order a copy please contact Iris Illingworth 07786 012123