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Banstead Prisoner-of-War Camp

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Background

Banstead Prisoner-of-War Camp was set up in 1939 in Banstead Woods in Surrey, England. The War Department requisitioned some land which was initially used as a military camp for the Canadian Army and then for the remainder of World War II as a prisoner-of-war camp for Italians and then for Germans. The camp was given the name Westonacres Camp, № 239.

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1939

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

War Department

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1939

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

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Mailing

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Known issues

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