Foxley Camp 1950s

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Foxley Camp 1950s

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Title Children play in the rubble of what had been Foxley camp. Built as an American wartime hospital it later became a resettlement camp for Polish refugees where families scattered all over Europe were reunited by the British red Cross.
Description These children were playing among the battered remains of Foxley Camp near Mansel Lacy. During the Second World War the camp was a US military camp and hospital. After that it was home to the Polish Resettlement Corps and their families. 1958.
Photographer / artist Derek Evans Studio
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Area Herefordshire
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