Boughton, Boughton and Boughton: 3 camps, one name

I'm putting this thread here as it covers supply depots, PoW camps and a whole lot of confusion.

Hopefully between us we can tie down exactly which facility was at each of the three Boughtons:

Boughton, Nottinghamshire
Boughton Park (Boughton Hall), Boughton, Northampton
Boughton Park (Boughton House), Weekley, Kettering, Northamptonshire

The miss-spelling Broughton can also be found, annoyingly the village of Broughton is exactly halfway between the two Northamptonshire Boughtons.

Now for some of the facilities:
US Army General Depot G-15 "Boughton"
POW Camp No.35 "Boughton Park Camp"
POW Camp No.259 "Boughton Park Camp"
POW Camp No.633 "Boughton Camp"
USAAF Station 596 "Kettering (Goughton [sic] Park)"
US Army Quartermaster Bakery Training Center "Boughton Park"

From a number of period sources, General Depot G-15 is the Nottinghamshire Boughton, as is POW Camp 633.

AAF Stn.596 doesn't appear in the AFHRA records, but from the name would appear to be the Kettering Boughton. The QM bakery training center was an outstation of QM Depot Q-101 (Kettering), so is also the Kettering Boughton.

Aerial photos of both the Northamptonshire Boughtons show what appear to be POW camps.

Boughton Park, Northampton:

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Boughton Park, Kettering:

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But which is which?

Islandfarm lists No.35 as "Boughton Park, Boughton, Northants" and No.259 as "Weekly, Kettering, Northants" with a satellite No.259 as "Boughton Park, Northants".
The English Heritage report on UK POW Camps also gives No.35 as the Northampton Boughton and No.259 as the Kettering Boughton, but confusingly references the other camp in both cases.

TTFN,
PB

I'm sure the BBC Northampton site had an article on the bakery centre but I'm struggling to find it since they redesigned the website.

I used to live in Boughton hall when I was a kid, I'd be really interested to see any more information regarding the old POW camp there if anyone has any. I remember seeing the bases of buildings in the trees and trying to dig out the entrance to an air raid shelter down near the lake.

John Woods, an AiX member, recently offered his listing of military establishments within the UK during WW2 and provided me a copy.

He lists the following under BOUGHTON:

BOUGHTON, Nottinghamshire [Code-KG]
- COD RAOC built 1943 (Wks Svcs p81 & 84, & Wks & Bldgs OH p274),
- general stores (Ord p21)
- Depot under construction 7/43 (WO 165/106)
- WD Depot with private siding by 12/8/43 (BWB-AN2/1045 Amendt 10)
- transferred to US Forces 5/11/43 as Depot G-15 (USQM p261)
- US Army Quartermaster Corps Depot G-15, built for US Forces, activated 5/11/43 (USQM p 261)
- US Army Ordnance Corps section opened late 1943 (US Ord p222)
- [US] 22nd Hospital Train 1/44 (Web 1)
- returned to British control 12/44, used for storage of oils & paints, transport & lifting gear, storehouse equipment and industrial gas plants (Ord p40 & RAOC p402)
- WD Siding by 1949 (RCH 49A) and 1956 (RCH 56)
- GSSD RASC of Didcot by 1951 (10 Ests 51/52 p102)
- extension to GSSD RASC deferred by 1955 (3 Ests 55/56 p207)
- COSD RAOC, sub depot of COD Didcot by 1956 (3 Ests 56/57 p62)
- closed /60 (IRS-MOD)
[Worked by WD/MOD locos]

A few that I took today during this 70th anniversary. It was very good !!

This being the 70th anniversary of the first bombing raid by the 8th Air Force. The 384th from Grafton Underwood.

A slightly more modern looking vehicle.

The former home of Grafton Underwood Post Office. No-doubt a focal point for many years in this small village, especially so during the wartime. Such a shame to see it empty now, it's purpose long since gone. Quentin Bland, as a kid when the 'Yank's' were 'Over Here' helped his father deliver the post ('Mail') to the nearby airfield from this house full of history. What a great shame that he couldn't be here for this momentous occasion today.