AN OFFICIAL memorial to the mark the site where hundreds of Polish families displaced by World War Two lived was unveiled this weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of the camp.

The Displaced Persons Camp in Fairford, was home to 1,200 Polish people from 1949-1959.

The Ernest Cook Trust, which now owns the land, presented the plaque at the former entrance of the site in Leafield Road during a solemn ceremony on Saturday.

The plaque was paid for by the Polish Ex-Combatants Association (SPK) and was officially unveiled by its chairman, Czeslaw Maryszczak.

Nicholas Ford, secretary to the trustees of ECT, said: "There’s precious little else on the site to show what happened in the past and it won’t be long until everyone who lived on the site is no longer with us so it’s important that everyone remembers.

"Recognising the considerable historical importance to what had been on that land, we were more than happy to play our small part in making the memorial happen."