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 the Germans was in the storage area and mule barns at first until new buildings were moved in. A large barn on the back of the lot was converted into a tailor shop, laundry area, and general store for the prisoners to buy necessities. The men were put to work by the Illinois Canning Company, Stokely Van Camp, Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois and by area farmers around Hoopeston, Rossville, Milford and other areas in Vermilion County. German prisoners of war were used in the Hoopeston labor force for two years, from April to November 1944 and 1945.