Ritchie Camp served RAF Kirknewton, a Royal Air Force station at Whitemoss, a mile south east of Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland during World War II. Primarily an RAF radar base, RAF Kirknewton was home to a variety of units during the war RAF Kirknewton was used as a temporary POW Camp for German officers during WWII, while they were awaiting transfer to the USA, and it is likely that the camp may have housed these prisoners, together with their guards. The base finally closed in August 1966. A Tree Preservation Order was placed on Ritchie Camp in December 1987.