The search for WWII PoW Camps in the British Landscape
PoW Camp 16 Gosford
The site of the former camp is now within a farm that forms part of the Gosford House Estate on the Firth of Forth and has a few remaining buildings
Location
Gosford House, Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland, EH32 0PY
Description
Site Visits
August 2019
Material
DSLR and Drone Photos UK Foreign Office Inspection Report
The site as visited is at a farm close to Gosford House a Large Stately Home. A large part of the site has recently been cleared and a new barn built and comparing the Google Earth Views to the drone images it appears several buildings and bases have been removed.
There are five brick buildings at the site two have an appearance close to Latrines / Wash House Guard Room. The other buildings are large and were possibly the site theatre or cook house. The whole site is on the Firth of Forth the site of which is only blocked by trees.
Camera and Drone Images of the site of former PoW Camp 16 Gosford
Extracts from UK Foreign Office Inspection Report from UK National Archives Kew:
FO 939-100 PoW Camp 16 Gosford & Deer Park – Inspection Reports FO 1120/183 PoW Camp List 20Feb47 – inc Amendment of camp name and location from Gosford to Deer Park for Camp 16
PoW Camp 16 Deer Park Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/100
PoW Camp 16 Deer Park Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/100
PoW Camp 16 Deer Park Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/100
PoW Camp 16 Deer Park Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/100
PoW Camp 16 Deer Park Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/101
PoW Camp 16 Deer Park Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/101
PoW Camp 16 Deer Park Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/101
Foreign Office File 1120/183 list of POW Camps in the UK as of 20Feb47 as held by the UK National Archives in March 2019