Digital Archive

Since Eden Camp opened to the public as a museum in 1987, our visitors have been donating items to our archive which has continued to grow into a collection of national historical importance. In order to make this valuable resource open to the public and thanks to funding from the government’s #hereforculture Cultural Recovery Fund, we have begun the long process of making it available online. We’ve started with documents relating to the museum’s time as a prisoner of war camp but we’re adding new material every week on a wide variety of topics, so keep checking back for more.

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Photographs (3) - sent by e-mail - army camp in the Malton area - personnel including Mr settle - plus Newspaper articles from Ryedale Mercury 28/11/01 regarding camp ; 36709
Photograph - group of Italian P.O.W.'s held at Storwood P.O.W. camp near York - including Massimo Tonucci's father; 36715
Copies (6) of photographs (3) with history - "H.M.S. surprise" - ex "H.M.S. Loch Carron" - ex "H.M.S. Gerrans Bay"; 36736
Copy of portrait photograph - "1146291 Cpl George Burrell" - R.A.F. Military Police; 36794
R.A.F. group photograph - George Burrell - back row 5th from left; 36795
R.A.F. group photograph - George Burrell - 2nd row from front 6th from left - 26/08/1941; 26/08/1941; 36796
R.A.F. group photograph - 311 wing - class c/11 - Blackpool - 20/10/1941; 20/10/1941; 36797
Copy of photograph - 158 squadron R.A.F. Halifax bomber "Friday the 13th" with pilot "Dumbo" Smith and first crew - April 1944 - (copy in hut 26); 1/04/1944; 36810
R.A.F. group photograph - "E" squadron - class 43-b - Gunter field - Alabama - G.F. Walker arrowed; 36863
Photographs (2) - bt-13 aircraft at Gunter field - Alabama - U.S.A.; 36864
R.A.F. group photograph (copy) - H.Q. - 85 group - B.L.A. Ghent - Belgium - April 1945; 1/04/1945; 36881
R.A.F. group photograph (copy) - R.A.F. B.L.A. Ghent - Belgium - April 1945; 1/04/1945; 36882
R.A.F. group photograph (copy) - H.Q. - 85 group - Ghent - Belgium - armament & 5139 bomb disposal squadron - April 1945; 1/04/1945; 36883
Portrait photograph - L/Cpl Cyril Smart - in army uniform - 05/11/1940; 5/11/1940; 36901
Copies (2) of photographs (2) - German P.O.W. Wolfgang Buchner; 36918
Army group photograph - Cpl John Gibson green 1684316 R.A.S.C. - (seated front row 2nd left); 36919
Copies (3) of photograph - Dvr Geoff hall - Royal Artillery - British independent observation group - Germany; 36957
Copy of photograph - British Army in India proclamation parade - Secunderabad - 1939; 1/01/1939; 36997
Copy of photographs (4) - British troops in sind desert 1940 & Iraq 1941; 1/01/1940; 36998
Army photograph - three soldiers in uniform - Gnr David Albert Burton on right; 37061
Photographs (8) - army colleagues of Gnr David Albert Burton R.A. - taken overseas; 37062
Copied photograph - group of Women's Timber Corps - Bramham woods - York; 37202
Photographs (2) - Eric Isherwood (b/c 4236) - Palestine Police - Haifa - 1946; 1/01/1946; 37206
Copies (6) of photographs (3) - "H.M.S. Magpie" - Pennant no: f82 - with technical details; 37280

Useful Links:

How to Search the Eden Camp Digital Archive – Information on the different ways of searching the Eden Camp Digital Archive using the eHive platform.

Request Records of Deceased Service Personnel – Information from gov.uk on how to apply to the MOD for the records of deceased service personnel.

International Committee of the Red Cross – The place for information on requesting the records of WW2 prisoners of war.

Repatriated Landscapes – An excellent, up to date and well illustrated record of prisoner of war camps in the UK.

Kohima Museum – The only UK museum dedicated to the Burma Campaign.  Located in York, just 23 miles from Eden Camp.

If you would like to donate or loan any items to our archive for preservation and/or display, please get in touch with our Archivist, Summer to make an appointment. You can see what we no longer accept by clicking here.