There is an excellent website about Prisoner of War camps in the UK during WWII with a lot of information on the German soldiers. The following were all POW camps in Hampshire Setley Plain Brockenhurst Aldershot (GPC) Ganger Camp Romsey East Cams Porchester Fishers, Thedden, alton Southampton Stoneham Eastleigh Parkhouse, Shipton Tidworth Aliwall, North Tidworth Popham, Micheldever Hiltingbury, Chandlers Ford Puckride, Fleet Road Aldershot Whitchurch, Andover Oakhangers, Bordon (PC) Willems, Aldershot Aldershot, Farnham http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/LIST%20OF%20UK%20POW%20CAMPS1.htm In case the above link breaks and you cannot get it to work try Tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/54o9u The main page can be found at http://www.islandfarm.fsnet.co.uk/index.html And here can be found stories of escape attempts and much more. Thanks to Ron Dunning for this interesting link Chris and Caroline --- All of our outgoing mail is checked and certified Virus Free by regularl updates Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.735 / Virus Database: 489 - Release Date: 06/08/2004

As a follow up to the message from Chris and Caroline, towards the end of WW2 there was a POW camp at Thornhill in land adjacent to Kootenay Avenue, near where I lived at the time. The 'inhabitants' were not only Germans but some Italians and I remember they wore brown uniforms with a blue square on their backs. Perhaps that prompts some memories? Rod in Andover.