Comments on: Pingley PoW Camp – Lincolnshire

By: Enzo Puzzovio

Enzo Puzzovio — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:51:01 +0000

Could you please put me in contact with Delia who posted her message on 10 February 2010? I might be able to help. Thanks, Enzo Puzzovio

By: Paul C

Paul C — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:56:10 +0000

Unfortunately the water tower, the last remaining bit, seems to have been demolished in the last few days. The site will eventually have luxury-style housing built on it.
There’s nothing there now.

By: David Armitage

David Armitage — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:20:06 +0000

65 years ago I lived with may parents and two sisters (3 and 7) in Greenways, a bungalow, on the edge of the Camp I remember German soliders marching out in the morning under escort to work in the fields, and ambling back in the evening. My Dad said the guards had spent the day in the pub. One German soldier used to do our garden in the evening, and look after us if my parents went out. There was an aerodrome near by. My Dad got shouted at once by an air raiding warden for drawing back the curtains and putting all the lights on. He’d heard a plane circling, and thought it must have been “one of ours” looking for the runway. It wasn’t! We used to go to Mass at the RAF camp – we were once turned back because the camp hadf been bombed. My mother’s four brothers were in the services. One was in the infamous Stalag Luft III, the others had been in North Africa, Anzio and Normandy….

By: Patty Waddington

Patty Waddington — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:30:42 +0000

I just found this web-site today. My Grandfather was a POW here for awhile. I found a piece of paper with his POW # and Pingley Farm Camp Brigg Lines & the date 1 July ’47 on it. Looking at the pics here was very emotional for me, I’m trying to find out as much as possible of his time in the military. And looking at these pics knowing he was actually standing there is great!
If anyone can give me more info about the camp during this period, or actual info on my Grandfather – Hans Roth, POW # B102 686 – it would greatfully appreciated. Thank you. Patty wetsu@rogers.com

By: Andrea Qudah

Andrea Qudah — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:11:48 +0000

My grandparent’s family were friends with Italian POWs based in Lincolnshire during WWII. I believe that they worked at the Scunthorpe steelworks and were housed at camps in the area – possibly Pingley Farm. Does anyone have memories of working at the steelworks or on farms around the steelworks?

Andrea Qudah

By: nuccio scumaci

nuccio scumaci — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:45:29 +0000

Dear Harry ,
My father was a italian POW at Pingley camp ,

I was very lucky to be at the Brigg nursery in 2008 with my sister how had come to visit when we plucked up courage to knock on your sisters door to ask about the camp ,
she showed us around the camp and said it was being pulled down in a few weeks ,
what luck as I have lived in Lincoln since 1958 and didnt know that my Father [Giovanni Scumaci ] was at Pingley .
I think he out worked for a farmer Edmond Brown but not sure he spoke about Crowle ,Epworth but not sure , If anyone can put any light on his working life before he was sent back to Italy,I would be very grateful .
The feeling my sister and I got walking around the camp will stay with us forever .I know that progress is progress but what a gem ,so sad it’s gone

Nuccio Anna

By: Julie Czornenkyj

Julie Czornenkyj — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:48:27 +0000

I am so glad I have discovered this site. My father in law was at Pingley Farm camp after the war, he was Ukranian and came over from Rimini in 1948. Having looked at the pictures I think we have some pictures of men in what looks like a hall having a celebration dinner. How do we send them to you. If ayone has any other information my Father in law was Stefan Czornenkyj

By: Joao Franco

Joao Franco — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:16:06 +0000

My name is Joao Franco I am a 63 year old Portuguese living in Lisbon. I spent about 6 month at Pingley in 1965 as a foreign student doing farm work to pay for my board and lodge.
I was called Franco because nobody could pronounce my name right. I met practically everybody that spend a vacation there in that year and would love to hear from anyone reading this.
I went back in 1998 and 2004.
I have pictures taken in 1965 and on both my visits.
But I also have something else. I have Charlies Attendance Record sheets from May to October 1965 with the names of the 4 or 5 staff members and the so called “residents”.
I am now sure whether the names of several older men that had been there for many years (we were told they were basically war refugees) were included on the list.
Any resident from 1965? Questions about names, just let me know.
joao

By: Delia

Delia — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:35:03 +0000

I recently discovered that my grandfather was a prisoner in this camp. He was Italian and his name was Salvatore Puzzovio (pow number 825612). If you have information about him in that period (presumably around 1944-45), I’m interested, since I never met him.

By: Richard Simmance

Richard Simmance — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:24:18 +0000

My late father-in-law, Staff/Sergeant Cecil Hore, was at Pingley Farm Camp during the war, working in the Intelligence Corps as an Italian interpreter, from the camp’s opening until the beginning of 1944. I have a letter thanking him for his work there from (presumably) the commandant