PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: MUNT, Erick Sidney Lewis DOB: 23rd March 1915 Place of Birth: 23rd March 1915 Residence: as at 1945 - 37 Market Street, Watford, Herts Trade: Gas fitter Parents: possibly Ernest Frederick Munt and Violet Eleanor Latter; married 21 Dec 1911 Ashtead, St Giles Wife: possibly Irene Farrell; married 1940 4th Quarter, Watford Photo: Died: 1998, 2nd Quarter, aged 83, Cleveland SERVICE Army/Personal Number: 2721435 Rank: Guardsman Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 1st Battalion Enlisted: 27th July 1940 Discharged: Promotions: Aquittance Roll: 2721435 Guardsman MUNT E 1st Bn. 4 Coy. Irish Guards Date of Payment 8 Feb 1944, 130 Local Currency Missing 9 Feb1944 Army Casualty List (WO 417): 2721435 Guardsman MUNT E S L 1944 Irish Guards 2721435 Guardsman MUNT E S L 1944 Irish Guards 2721435 Guardsman MUNT E S L 1945 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: PRISONER/MISSING Prisoner of War Number: 279055 Date of Capture: 10th February 1944 Place of Capture: Nettuno, ITALY Camp Details & Dates: Stalag IVB Meuleburg, 20 Feb 1944 - 13 Mar 1944 Stalag IVA Dresden, 13 Mar 1944 - 8 May 1945 POW Liberation Report: see below Missing Personnel File Details: WO 361/784 - Missing 9 Feb1944 MEDALS Campaign Medals: Italy Star Medal Roll Details: REFERENCES War Diaries: War Diary: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, September 1939 - July 1944 Archive Files: WO 417, WO 361/784 Publications: Accounts: Newspaper: Websites: Irish Guards: Prisoners of War - WWII Open Resource Group
Army Number: 2721435 Rank: Guardsman Name: E MUNT Unit: 4 Company, 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file TNA Reference: WO 361/784 Notes: Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 130 Local Currency Missing 9 February 1944
Irish Guards Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires WO 344-229-2 PART I General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War 1. No.: 2721435 Rank: Guardsman Surname: MUNT Christian Names: Eric Sidney Lewis Decorations: Nil 2. Unit (Army): 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS 3. Division (Army): 1st DIVISION 4. Date of Birth: 23 Mar 1915 5. Date of Enlistment: 27 Jul 1940 6. Civilian Trade: Gas fitter 7. Private Address: 37 Market Street, Watford, Herts 8. Place of Capture: Nettuno, ITALY Date of Capture: 10 Feb 1944 9. Were you Wounded when Captured: No 10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned Camp No. Location From & To Stalag IVB Meuleburg 20 Feb 1944 - 13 Mar 1944 Stalag IVA Dresden 13 Mar 1944 - 8 May 1945 11. Were you in a Working Camp? Location From & To Nature of Work Omsewitz II Dresden Left 13 Mar 1944 - 8 May 1945 Brick making 12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?: None Nature of Illness Cause Duration - Did you receive adequate Medical Treatment?: None PART II 2. Lectures before Capture (State where, when and by whom) (a) Were you lectured in your unit on how to behave in the event of capture?: 1st Battalion I.R.T.D., Phillipville, North Africa by Lieutenant AYRES (b) Were you lectured on escape and evasion?: No 3. Interrogation after Capture (State where, when and methods employed by enemy) Were you specially interrogated by the enemy?: No 4. Escapes attempted. Did you make any attempted or party successful escapes? No (Give details of each attempt separately, stating where, when, method employed, names of your companions, where and when captured and by whom. Were you physically fit? What happened to our companions?) - 5. Sabotage. Did you do any sabotage or destruction of enemy factory plant, war material, communications, etc., when employed on working-parties or during escape? (Give details, places and dates). Poured oil on bricks when in oven, and stacked same in oven so that they were useless when finished at Omsewitz Dresden. 6. Collaboration with enemy. Do you know of any British or American personnel who collaborated with the enemy or in any way helped the enemy against other Allied PoWS? No (Give details, names of person(s) concerned, camp(s), dates and nature of collaboration or help given to enemy). - 7. War Crimes. If you have any information or evidence of bad treatment by the enemy to yourself or to others, or knowledge of any enemy violation of Geneva Convention you should ask for a copy of “Form Q” on which to make your statement. - 8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice? No SECURITY UNDERTAKING. I fully realised that all information relating to the matters covered by the questions in PART II are of a highly secret and official nature. I have had explained to me and fully understand that under Defence Regulations or U.S.A.R. 380-5 I am forbidden to publish or communicate any information concerning these matters. Date of Signature: 27 May 1945
Army Number: 2721435 Rank: Guardsman Name: Eric Sidney Lewis MUNT Unit: 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy POW Number: 279055 Date of Capture: 10/02/1944 Place of Capture: Nettuno Camp: Stalag IVA TNA Reference: WO 344-229-2