British Prisoner of War Camps in East Africa during World War II ''Part of Lists of Prisoner-of-War Camps section in the Prisoner-of-war camp article.'' The following list is an attempt to create the most complete list of British

POW A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...

Camps in East Africa during World War II. Table was retrieved from http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=407848 and from a map from II WW UK archives POW_Camp_in_Kenya,_Uganda,_Tanganyka

Italian POW camps were mentioned in literature, i.e. Gilgil,

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, Nyeri and Londiani., Ndarugu There was also an Italian POW camp at Mackinnon Road (60 miles from Mombasa). In 1950 it still had at least three 'prisoners' there who refused to leave! Roy Ashworth Camp No. 360 at Ndarugu, that held some 10,000 prisoners, has miraculously escaped sub-division and new constructions. It was “discovered” by Mr. Aldo Manos in 2007, with the church and the monument built by the prisoners almost intact. In 2011 they were gazetted by the Government as “monuments of the history of Kenya”.{{Cite web, url=http://www.iicnairobi.esteri.it/iic_nairobi/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2014/05/ndarugu-camp-360-and-the-italian-prisoners-of-war-in-kenya.html, title=NDARUGU Camp 360 and the Italian Prisoners of War in Kenya

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