adrianjohn Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Does anyone have any information on prisoner of war camps in Wales? I have come across two references so far: Llansannan, near Llandudno - scene of an abortive escape attempt by German officers trying to reach a German submarine off the Great Orme - and Tregunter Mansion, Talgarth, 'Brecknockshire', now Powys. TIA Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Here's something for starters http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3611531/ART43/dyfrin%20aled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 There was a camp at Queensferry from 1914 (soon after outbreak of war) to May 1915. There was Frongoch, Bala from 1915 to 1919 (also had Irish internees following the Easter uprising) Hywyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianjohn Posted 20 November , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Good stuff! Many thanks - diolch yn fawr. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hywyn Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Adrian If you want to PM me your email I'll send you some stuff on the three N Wales ones mentioned. Hywyn (and you Ron, if interested) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Here's a few photos of Fron Goch. The policeman is PC Oliver Cromwell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Hywyn That's a very kind offer. I will PM my email to you. I live quite close to Llansannan and often cycle over the Denbigh moors around Lyn Aled and Lyn Brenig so that will be of great interest to me. Diolch yn fawr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianjohn Posted 20 November , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Will PM you Hywyn - thanks for the kind offer. It's good of you. Splendid - unique? - photos Ron. How, I wonder, did the good PC Cromwell coped with that handle! And I like the pun on your name too! At least I guess it's a pun. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Adrian, My name is a combination of being half Italian and living in Wales! My fantasy football team is Inter Millandudno! Regards, Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Graham Mark, Prisoners of War in British Hands during WWI (Postal History Society 2007) has four (A4) pages on Dyffryn Aled, three on Queens Ferry and four on Frongoch, all major PoW camps. Talgarth is mentioned in the appendix as a working-camp under the administration of Frongoch. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Where is is Tregunter? I ride around Talgarth and can't say I place the name. Goggle brings up old Welsh news(good to read later on) but noting in regards location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianjohn Posted 20 November , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Thanks Moonraker Scalyback: I can't place it either - and I live in Hay on Wye, just 'down the road'. I will find out and post here when I do. If you Google CPAT Report No. 1226 First World War Scoping Project and scroll through the pages, you will find a picture of the German POWs at Tregunter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 If you Google CPAT Report No. 1226 First World War Scoping Project and scroll through the pages, you will find a picture of the German POWs at Tregunter. That's an excellent report, I wish there were more like it for other parts of the UK. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 (edited) Tregunter seems to be a farm at SO 135339. About 2km west of Talgarth on the unclassified road off the B4560 to Llanfilo. Edited 20 November , 2014 by Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 The Times often reported on escapes and re-captures, but only briefly. Some local libraries offer access to the on-line archive. As a working camp the farm at Tregunter may well have accommodated PoWs doing agricultural work locally. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Hywyn, I have received the info on POW camps. Diolch yn fawr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 20 November , 2014 Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Cheers chaps some leads to follow up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianjohn Posted 20 November , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 November , 2014 Just a bit more to add: The house was demolished in 1923 but the farm remains. Pevsner gives it a mention on those lines. And thanks Dai Bach for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 21 November , 2014 Share Posted 21 November , 2014 Here's some more about Dyffrin Aled http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p025k6wt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 21 November , 2014 Share Posted 21 November , 2014 There was a Forestry Labour Camp for German and Austrian PoWs at Gelli, Pembrokeshire, the PoWs were used in the nearby Drim Wood occupied in the felling of trees for pit props in Welsh mines That's an excellent report, I wish there were more like it for other parts of the UK. Moonraker more and more ... good old Cadw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 21 November , 2014 Share Posted 21 November , 2014 There was a Forestry Labour Camp for German and Austrian PoWs at Gelli, Pembrokeshire, the PoWs were used in the nearby Drim Wood occupied in the felling of trees for pit props in Welsh mines more and more ... good old Cadw Penally camp ahhhhh memorys! Cheers AdrianJohn, I will have a nose about Saturday. The house may be gone and the farm extant but some field walking may be fun in the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 7 December , 2014 Share Posted 7 December , 2014 Just found this Flickr image of Dyffryn Aled: https://www.flickr.com/photos/traedmawr/57756618/in/set-1250221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharoah Posted 5 January , 2022 Share Posted 5 January , 2022 I know of two PoW Camps in Wales during WWII. If you need further details, please contact me via my e-mail address. If you cannot see my e-mail address, leave me a message on the Forum. The information I have, has been obtained by me from the MOD, so it is highly reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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