Mystery Drawing

[Beavances]

Hi - Can anyone help to unlock any of the clues in this drawing? The drawing has been stored very carefully for years in an attic and has only recently come to light. There are some letters in the bottom right hand corner which say
Cpl M.F. 317
238 P.o.W.
Coy

The only other clue we have is that there is a return address on the tube in which it was stored  giving a return address in case it was undelivered. It says
Officer I/c records Grenadier Guards, Buckingham Gate . There is a three half pence stamp and the postmark is London SW7.

I am not even sure if this relates to  WW1 or WW2 but thought the amount of postage seemed more likely for WW1

[Flattybasher9]

If this is a drawing of it, 238 Prisoner of War Camp was Brookhouse, Apringly, Hayward’s Heath, WEST SUSSEX. WWII.

Regards

Malky

[Beavances]

Thank you - I hadn't thought that it might be in England. I don't know much about WW research and had assumed that he must have been  prisoner of war somewhere . Having read up about Prisoner of War camps in England  this afternoon I can now see that this, a camp in England, is so much more likely.
Any ideas what the first three numbers might refer to? They are  317 and appear just after the initials, I presume they are too short for a service number.

[John915]

Good evening,

Malky should have put Ardingly. This is the house and location.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34942427.html

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01f13/ 

John915

[Flattybasher9]

"Malky should have put Ardingly. This is the house and location."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_the_United_Kingdom
WEST SUSSEX
No    Name    Location
46    Kingsfold Camp    Billingshurst
238    Brookhouse    Apringly, Hayward’s Heath
658    Barn House Farm    Shipley, Horsham

John, I leave the notification of correction in "Wikipedia" to you.

Regards

Malky

[Beavances]

Thanks for you help in looking this up for me ....so its Apringly and not Ardingly??

[Flattybasher9]

It should be "Ardingly" not Apringly. I have changed the Wikipedia entry.

Regards

Malky

[John915]

Good afternoon,

Thanks Malky, I wasn't sure where you got the spelling from. I used to work in Ardingly, live only a few miles away and so know the area.

In fact, one of my sons school friends used to live in one of the apartments there. Like a lot of big old houses it was converted into apartments years ago.

John915

[newburychap]

I am not even sure if this relates to  WW1 or WW2 but thought the amount of postage seemed more likely for WW1

If the stamp has George V's or Edward VIII's head on it then WW1 it is; George VI's or Elizabeth II's head would be less conclusive.