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PRN | 7996 | ||||
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Site or location name | Lofthouse Park | ||||
Summary | |||||
Description | Lofthouse Park, Wakefield was the site of a major Civilian Internment Camp during the First World War. The site stood to the East of Leeds Road, across from what is now the Lofthouse Hill Golf Course club house. The site became derelict after the First World War. The camp was opened in October 1914, becoming one of the most important Civilian Internment Camps in the mainland UK. The camp remained in use until October 1918, when internees were moved to Knockaloe Internment Camp (HFL Ref: 124), the Isle of Man. Internees paid ten shillings a week ''for the privilege of being there'' according to Paul Cohen-Portheim. The attached image is courtesy of the Imperial War Museum under the IWM non-commercial License (C) IWM (Q 56595)(www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196974) | ||||
Monument Type | PRISONER OF WAR CAMP;PRISONER OF WAR CAMP | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | |||||
Location |
Country | ENGLAND | ||||
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County | |||||
Site Location | East of Leeds Road, across from Lofthouse Hill Golf Course. Area now used by Lofthouse Tyres. | ||||
Postcode | WF33LR | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: SE3337325279 (433373, 425279) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Destroyed (26-04-2016) | ||||
Source | |||||
Cohen-Portheim, Paul (1931) Time Stood Still: My Internment in England, 1914-1918. Duckworth. London . (pp64-65, 100, 104). | |||||
Panayi, Panikos (2014) Prisoners of War and Internees (Great Britain). Freie Universität Berlin. Berlin. https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/prisoners_of_war_and_internees_great_britain | |||||
(nd) Exterior view of the huts at Wakefield prisoner of war camp. (c) IWM (Q 56595). Imperial War Museum. London. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196974 | |||||
(nd) Lofthouse Park Internment Camp: 1914 - 1918 (c)IWM (Q 56595). Imperial War Museum. London. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196974 | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | Chris Kolonko - Home Front Legacy | ||||
Copiled On | 26-04-2016 | ||||
Last Updated | 26-04-2016 |
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Image metadata | CSV | 590 Kb |
Exterior view of the huts at Wakefield prisoner of war camp (c) IWM (Q 56595) (File name: 7996_571.jpg) |
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Exterior view of the huts at Wakefield prisoner of war camp. IWM (Q 56595) . (File name: 7996_582.jpg) |
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Unknown (nd) Lofthouse Park Internment Camp: 1914 - 1918. | 417 Kb |