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Barony to Hallmuir, 1947

Barony Camp, Parkgate → Hallmuir Camp, near Lockerbie

Kormylo's account of the men transferred from Rimini to Britain reports 462 sent to Barony and immediately transferred to Hallmuir, and reproduces a handwritten list showing the same number beside Barony Camp and camp number 298. A compilation of Scottish displaced persons material tells the journey differently, with between 420 and 450 men reaching Glasgow docks on 27 May 1947, staying briefly at Happendon Lodge and Carstairs, and being taken by train to Lockerbie on 6 June to march to Hallmuir. Both cannot be complete, so Barony is best treated as a documented staging point whose place in the sequence is still open.

27 May 1947

Between 420 and 450 Ukrainian prisoners reach Glasgow docks from Rimini and stay briefly at Happendon Lodge and Carstairs, in an account that does not name Barony

Sources

Displaced Persons: Researching Scotland

1947

A handwritten dispersal list records 462 men against Barony Camp, number 298

Sources

Peter Kormylo, Ukrainians in Scotland, PhD thesis

6 June 1947

The men are taken by train to Lockerbie and march into Hallmuir, where they adapt the chapel hut for worship

Sources

Displaced Persons: Researching Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland, Hallmuir Ukrainian Chapel with Memorial, LB49592

Giancarlo Rinaldi, Tiny chapel near Lockerbie offers Ukraine a helping hand, BBC, 2 March 2022

Documents

Sources

Displaced Persons: Researching Scotland

Peter Kormylo, Ukrainians in Scotland, PhD thesis

Historic Environment Scotland, Hallmuir Ukrainian Chapel with Memorial, LB49592

Giancarlo Rinaldi, Tiny chapel near Lockerbie offers Ukraine a helping hand, BBC, 2 March 2022