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This is an incomplete list of Prisoner of War (POW) Camps located in the United Kingdom during World War II. [1]German POWs in England were graded as follows: "Grade A (white) were considered anti-Nazi; Grade B (grey) had less clear feelings and were considered not as reliable as the 'whites'; Grade C (black) had probable Nazi leanings; Grade C+ (also Black) were deemed ardent Nazis."
Pages in category "Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 320 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
List of prisons in the United Kingdom is a list of all 141 current prisons as of 2024 in the United Kingdom spread across the three UK legal systems of England and Wales (122 prisons), Scotland, (15 prisons) and Northern Ireland (4 prisons). Also included are a number of historical prisons no longer in current use.
Initially two prisoner of war camps were established: Camp No. 1, Grizedale Hall, Cumbria; This forty-room mansion was reserved for officers and became known as the 'U-boat Hotel'. It had space for 200 prisoners of war, but in November 1939 it was occupied by only twenty-one men. [5] Camp No. 2, Glen Mill, Oldham, Lancashire
July 14, 1942 – Eighty-six Soviet prisoners at Majdanek concentration camp, who had arrived the year prior, attempted a mass escape by rushing a lightly defended section of fence. Two were shot, but the other 84 got away. [9] November 6, 1942 – At least sixty Soviet POWs at Birkenau participated in a mass escape.
Keith Matthew Maupin – captured on April 9, 2004, date of murder unknown, remains found March 30, 2008; Charles Cardwell McCabe – a POW and chaplain at Libby Prison during the American Civil War; John McCain – Republican nominee for president in 2008, POW for over five years in Vietnam; Olivier Messiaen – French composer
The Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. ("Special Search List Great Britain") was a secret list of prominent British residents to be arrested, produced in 1940 by the SS as part of the preparation for the proposed invasion of Britain. After the war, the list became known as The Black Book. [1]
World War II civilian prisoners held by the United Kingdom (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "British prisoners and detainees" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.