From The Papers

Illustrated London News - Saturday 31 August 1946

The German prisoners were probably from the POW camp in Mill Lane, Hatfield Heath, which held 1067 men in what the Illustrated London News described as ‘pleasant surroundings.’
Although the war had ended in 1945, some 380,000 Germans remained in this country in order to assist with the harvest.
Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 28 October 1932