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
German Prisoner of War Camp, Hoopeston, Illinois kept in Utah, Texas, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Colorado, and California. One escaped German prisoner of war was never captured. Georg Gärtner turned himself in September 11, 1985. He was the last of 2,000 escaped prisoners to be recaptured. Three base camps, Camp Ellis near Peoria, Camp Grant south of Rockford, and Fort Sheridan, supplied the manpower to temporary camps in Hoopeston, Milford, Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Eureka, Gardiner General Hospital, Gibson City, Hampshire, Joliet, Lanark, Mayo General Hospital, Pomona, Pine Plaines, Skokio Valley, Sycamore, Thorton, and Washington. German Prisoner of War Camp, Hoopeston, Illinois The Prisoner of War Camp