P.O.W. Hut Dorchester
This is an original surviving hut from the German Prisoner of War Camp in Poundbury Dorchester during WW1. Around 1919 the prisoners had all returned to Germany and the huts were sold off and this one was moved a short distance to its present site.
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- Text: Sharky Ward
- Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward
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