Prisoners of war In Cornwal/Devonl Uk

[Storm™]

I am attempting to see if there was a prisoner or prisoners of .... a war .... employed on the property I am researching.


A rumour handed down was that one day the military turned up and said .... hmmm youre remote can we leave some POWs with you to work here.

I do not know who would hold those records if they even exist so its a generic answer that ill get I am guessing. But I have also read that Parishes where POWs were kept ... this is Launceston UK and there were 2 camps or maybe 3 .... let it be known how many they had. Each day you had to make a request for help on your farm and those would be supplied. How true this is I have no idea but it would be at least a step toward plausibility. Assuming this is true some form of register was probably kept.

Anyone know the process?

[aghadowey]

I am attempting to see if there was a prisoner or prisoners of .... a war .... employed on the property I am researching.


A rumour handed down was that one day the military turned up and said .... hmmm youre remote can we leave some POWs with you to work here.

I do not know who would hold those records if they even exist so its a generic answer that ill get I am guessing. But I have also read that Parishes where POWs were kept ... this is Launceston UK and there were 2 camps or maybe 3 .... let it be known how many they had. Each day you had to make a request for help on your farm and those would be supplied. How true this is I have no idea but it would be at least a step toward plausibility. Assuming this is true some form of register was probably kept.

Anyone know the process?

Prisoners from what war 

[greenrig]

Maybe start here?   http://www.cornwallswarhistory.co.uk/maps/prison-camps/   
or here http://thatsmycornwall.com/ww2-prisoners-of-war-in-cornwall/

[Storm™]

Maybe start here?   http://www.cornwallswarhistory.co.uk/maps/prison-camps/   
or here http://thatsmycornwall.com/ww2-prisoners-of-war-in-cornwall/

Many Thanks Greenrig. I'll get started.


ref previous post "which war" ... I already quilified that in first post ... "prisoners of .... a war" ... can't tell you what I don't know .... enriched by the qualifying statement after ... "rumur" etc ... sorry lol.

[Mowsehowse]

For what it is worth, it is said that the Spanish Barn in Torquay held prisoners from the Napoleonic wars.  Don't know if any records survive. 

I imagine there may well be lists of prisoners pertaining to various wars and holding points, but your query is SO generic it does make answering rather tricky.