Finding neat stuff in the back yard

David Murray, 39, was digging behind his bungalow when he unearthed a dog tag from a German prisoner.  He got permission from his landlord to continue excavations and within an hour he had located old bottles, buttons from uniforms and used ammunition...

David has now recovered more than 2,000 items from the camp, including a live GRENADE that had to be blown up by a RAF bomb disposal unit...

”It’s really incredible to think that 70 years ago 10,000 prisoners of war were walking around in my back garden.”

The Wynches Camp opened in 1939 and first housed Italian prisoners, but later took Germans – some of whom did not leave until 1947.  The 40-acre camp, which held up to 10,000 prisoners, was situated in Much Hadham, and David’s landlord owns 20 acres of the land it stood on...

Via Nothing to do with Arbroath.