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Lydiard Park Camp, by Sidney Bowler

Lydiard Park Camp, by Sidney Bowler
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Sidney Bowler recalls the 40 acre World War II military camp at Lydiard Park with stories of the Americans GI's and later, tales of escape by German prisoners of war. He goes on to describe the conversion of the camp into post war residential housing where he and his wife rented their first home, along with recollections of life on the Camp.

Years:
1983
1942-1959
Creator:
Sidney Bowler
Type:
Research Report Article
Taken from:
Report No. 16
Owner:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Reference:
Report 16 (1983), pp. 14-15
Copyright:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Credit:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Last updated on:
Sunday 6th October 2024

Items of Interest

Photographs (2) of the wedding of Ivy and Sidney Bowler, January 1947
Photographs (2) of the wedding of Ivy and Sidney Bowler, January 1947

Group wedding photograph celebrating the marriage...

Photographs (3) of Pauline Bowler in her pram at No 8a Lydiard Park
Photographs (3) of Pauline Bowler in her pram at No 8a Lydiard Park

Pauline Bowler, daughter of Ivy and Sid Bowler in...

Photograph of Pauline Bowler as an infant, no 8a Lydiard Park
Photograph of Pauline Bowler as an infant, no 8a Lydiard Park

Pauline Bowler, spent her early years living on "...

British military personnel at 160 POW Camp, Lydiard Park, 1946-1948
British military personnel at 160 POW Camp, Lydiard Park, 1946-1948

Group photograph of British officers and men stati...