History of Swindon Town F.C. War Department requisitioned the County Ground for use as a Prisoner-of-war camp, Swindon Town as a football club effectively ceased to be for the duration. The club's assets and players were sold or transferred until the season restarted. Three Swindon Town F.C players—Alan Fowler, Willie Imrie and Dennis Olney—were killed in action during the war and are commemorated with a memorial inside the ground above the players tunnel. The post-war era saw Swindon competing in the lower divisions of the English League, though in 1963 the club was promoted to the Second Division after finishing 2nd in Division 3 in
Featherston prisoner of war camp could be attacked in New Zealand over the conditions in Japanese prisoner of war camps. The prisoners were transported in two trains from Featherston to Wellington and left on 30 December 1945 for Japan on two large American tank landing ships, "LST 273" and "LST 275", which were under Lieutenant Commander R P Rudolph. The ships stopped at Guadalcanal on the return journey, where the Japanese held a ceremony to remember their dead. They disembarked at Uraga, Kanagawa on 4 February 1946. Notes References Featherston prisoner of war camp Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese